Month: May 2018

The next step for the House farm bill remains unclear after the unexpected defeat of the legislation on the floor on Friday. House leaders have not said when they will try to bring it up [Read More…]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirms the U.S. and China have agreed to put proposed tariffs on hold. Beijing and Washington officials issued a statement Saturday saying China will significantly increase purchases of U.S. goods and [Read More…]

A report from CoBank says blockchain technology might create benefits for agribusiness with lower transaction costs, increased traceability, and potentially greater value creation across the supply chain.  CoBank’s Tanner Ehmke tells Brownfield blockchain technology allows [Read More…]

An accident claimed the life of a Wisconsin farmer.  19-year-old Paul Kloos from Stratford died after the manure pump he was cleaning exploded Friday morning.  Investigators are trying to determine what caused the explosion. Kloos [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s new Alice in Dairyland is Kaitlyn Riley from Gays Mills.  Riley was chosen to represent Wisconsin agriculture for the next year during a ceremony in Adams Saturday night. Riley grew up on a jersey [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, corn and soybean planting activities, as well as summer crop emergence and growth, continue in many areas under a warm, dry regime. However, locally heavy showers are spreading across the middle [Read More…]

Heavy Eastern showers will continue into the weekend but will subside thereafter, although river flooding in the Mid-Atlantic region may persist into next week. Meanwhile, a very active weather pattern will prevail during the next [Read More…]

A dairy leader says Friday’s House farm bill vote probably failed because the Freedom Caucus wants immigration dealt with first. American Dairy Coalition CEO Laurie Fischer says House Speaker Paul Ryan promised the Republican Freedom [Read More…]

A House Farm Bill amendment from Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood received strong support from Democrats and Republicans Thursday. “Under our amendment, farmers will be able and be eligible for a one-time sign-up for ARC and [Read More…]

The farm equipment manufacturing sector could be bolstered by a so-called replacement cycle following a severe reduction in industry volumes. Bill Hurley, vice president of customer sales and distribution for AGCO, says the economic downturn [Read More…]

The executive director of the Minnesota Milk Producers Association says unfortunately there seems to be an uptick in dairy farms going out of business. “I think it’s pretty obvious when we look at the auction [Read More…]

The calls by ag and renewable fuels advocates for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to be fired are getting louder. Six candidates vying to replace USDA undersecretary Bill Northey as Iowa’s next Agriculture Secretary took part [Read More…]

The House Farm Bill went down in flames May 18, a fire lit not so much by liberal Democrat opposition to federal food stamp changes, but ignited by the far right wing of the controlling [Read More…]

An ag tech startup is simplifying several aspects of the farmer—elevator relationship. Bushel is a mobile platform that CEO Jake Joraanstad says helps farmers keep track of scale tickets, grain contracts, balance sheets, cash bids [Read More…]