Month: March 2025

Protecting animal health from outside threats is essential to safeguarding the U.S. food supply. Dr. Kelli Werling with Indiana’s State Board of Animal Health says unwanted pathogens are typically introduced through U.S. ports of entry.  [Read More…]

Several ag groups are seeking an exemption for ag products from proposed fees on Chinese vessels as the U.S. tries to level the playing field for shipbuilders. “We could potentially lose markets (if fees go [Read More…]

Durastak, Syngenta’s latest innovative corn trait stack for corn rootworm protection was approved the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will be broadly available in hybrids from both Golden Harvest and NK brands and through independent [Read More…]

Commentary. I was fortunate to be near a television earlier this month to watch in real time as the NASA astronauts who more than nine months ago flew to space aboard Boeing’s failed Starliner spacecraft [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production fell to a near two-month low last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says ethanol production averaged 1.053 million barrels per day, down 52,000 on the week and 1,000 on the year. [Read More…]

A bill that establishes an online information portal for farmers has been signed into law.  Kendell Culp, Jasper County farmer and author of the bill, says it will put all rural government information in one [Read More…]

A farmer in south central South Dakota says widespread dryness has been good for spring fieldwork, but not good for winter wheat emergence. Bryan Jorgensen says “it went in last fall very dry. We haven’t [Read More…]

When farmers plant DEKALB® corn products, they also can benefit from many other products and services from the brand and Bayer Crop Science.  In this episode of Managing for Profit, DEKALB Product Manager Seth Erwin discusses [Read More…]

A Missouri Bootheel farmer started planting corn and soybeans this week, striving to make decent progress ahead of weekend rains. “We should be between 10 to 20 percent planted by the end of the week.” [Read More…]

An extension agronomist with University of Arkansas says a seed shortage and a challenging ag economy have farmers taking a more cautious approach planting rice. Jarrod Hardke tells Brownfield “everyone is pretty much in a [Read More…]