Month: July 2018

The Coalition for Safe Affordable Food has submitted comments to the USDA for their proposed National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. National Milk Producers Federation is one of thirty-six member organizations in the coalition.  President Jim [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s crops made good progress with last week’s warm and dry weather.  Six percent of the corn is at silking stage, 8 days ahead of last year and five days above average.  Eighty-three percent of [Read More…]

Tom Steever spoke with Ryan Britt, President, Missouri Association of Conservation District, who works his family farm with an eye on the future. Britt has been adding conservation practices such as no till, cover crops, [Read More…]

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is offering zero-interest loans to farmers affected by recent flooding. Through the Rural Finance Authority, loans can be used to help clean up farm operations, repair or replace farm structures, [Read More…]

There’s hope among U.S. ag groups that the newly elected president of Mexico is committed to NAFTA re-negotiations, “I’m going to be optimistic and hope so!” says Casey Guernsey with Americans for Farmers and Families. [Read More…]

A Midwest agronomist says Japanese beetles are cropping up in corn, “I’m getting calls in some fields that are really bad. So, we look at a Japanese beetle in corn and what they can potentially do [Read More…]

Wheat grower groups say the trade dispute with China came just as the market picture for wheat was about to improve.  From March to June over the past three years, China purchased an average of [Read More…]

The CEO of Midwest Dairy hopes the pride of farmers shines through as the industry struggles through a period of low milk prices. Since joining the Association two years ago, Lucas Lentsch has seen incomes [Read More…]

Milk futures continued to dive and the cash dairy prices were mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade Monday. July Class Three milk was down $.04 at $14.16.   August was down $.17 to $14.52. September [Read More…]

A soil testing lab says it might be a rough year for soybean farmers fighting the soybean cyst nematode. Jim Friedericks with AgSource says, “This year, we’ve seen more samples in the 4-5 thousand eggs [Read More…]

Iowa ag secretary Mike Naig is urging the Trump Administration to move quickly to resolve trade issues with China. “We need to get the Chinese to the negotiating table to fix some of these issues—and [Read More…]