Year: 2025

An ag economist says diesel stocks continue to fall. University of Missouri’s Ben Brown says, “Our U.S. diesel fuel stocks are 7% lower right now than they were this time last year,” he said. “We’re [Read More…]

Several of Wisconsin’s agricultural organizations are optimistic the next state budget will continue to fund some successful programs. Jason Mugnaini is Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s director of government relations and also lobbies for the state’s ag [Read More…]

Officials in the pork industry are concerned an already shallow labor pool is getting smaller. Matthew Grill, senior director of Congressional relations with the National Pork Producers Council, says the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration [Read More…]

Photo courtesy of Lance Lillibridge/Facebook An eastern Iowa farmer says it’s been the best winter calving season of his farming life. “It’s been a wonderful winter to have calves,” said Lance Lillibridge of Vinton. His [Read More…]

Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA continues to project a year-to-year increase in corn and soybean production. CONAB’s latest guess for Brazil’s soybean crop is 166.014 million tons, 0.2% lower than in January, but still up [Read More…]

Soils with higher percent-based saturation are more fertile because they have more plant nutrients and fewer toxins. In this episode, Stephanie Zelinko, National Agronomist for AgroLiquid, uses a parking lot analogy to explain how farmers [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures and near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the country.  Warmer- and drier-than-normal weather will be limited to parts [Read More…]