Ag News

Ed Ebert and John Baugh are the 2024 recipients of the AgriVision Award, the state’s highest agriculture honor.   The two were recognized for their leadership and contributions to Indiana’s ag industry.   Ebert is the senior director [Read More…]

Uneven crop development could result in challenges storing corn and soybeans this fall. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai says a wet spring stretched planting dates. “We end up with some mature beans [Read More…]

An Iowa agronomist says recent rains were welcomed. AgriGold’s Jeff Morey tells Brownfield,“It’s very good at this time of the year because we’re using a lot of water as we’re finishing out this corn and soybean [Read More…]

A technical service rep with BASF says harvest is the best time to start soil testing for soybean cyst nematode. Don Schneider says additional can lead to higher yield potential. “It’s a situation where they [Read More…]

A senior loan officer at Farm Credit MidAmerica says the ag economy is seeing its fair share of ups and downs. Kyle Weber says the recent uptick in equipment layoffs didn’t come as a surprise. “With [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, cool, mostly dry weather trails the passage of a cold front.  Thursday’s high temperatures will remain below 85°F throughout the Midwest, with readings staying below 75°F in the Red River Valley [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures across most of the country.  The south-central U.S. will have the greatest likelihood of experiencing hot weather, while cooler-than-normal conditions will be [Read More…]

Doug Zalesky, director of the Klosterman Feedlot Innovation Center at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center, discusses the various housing and feeding systems, cattle handling facilities and research planned at the new facility. [Read More…]

The cyclical nature of agriculture can help project how long grain markets might remain in a slump.  Northstar Commodity senior market analyst Mark Schultz says commodity prices are coming off a big runup similar to [Read More…]

An international trade policy director with USA Rice says the fourth largest market for U.S. rice can now resume its purchases of the commodity. Karah Janevicius says “it’s a win-win for farmers, millers, merchants and [Read More…]

Rice harvest is underway in Arkansas and extension specialist Jarrod Hardke says it’s earlier than normal.  “There’s a lot more rice scattered around up and down the state, all the way up to the Missouri [Read More…]

The senior director of plant foods for MFA Incorporated, an ag cooperative based in Missouri and adjacent states, says most fertilizer values heading into fall aren’t at their lowest, but the outlook is better than [Read More…]

The USDA has issued more than $14 million in farm-to-school grants that will support 154 projects in 43 states. Fiona Munro, who is based in central Illinois, says the grants build on a program that’s [Read More…]

A Michigan dairy farmer says weaker feed prices and good supplies have boosted optimism for the year ahead. Doug Chapin is the chairman of the Michigan Milk Producers Association. “We’re feeling very comfortable on our [Read More…]

An ag lobbyist says she expects to see a proposed rule from USDA soon as the agency works to create a new carbon market verification program. Samantha Buchalter with the Russell Group helps manage the [Read More…]

The USDA’s weekly broiler hatchery numbers continue to imply a year-to-year increase in chicken production. 250.597 million broiler-type eggs were put into incubation last week, 2.163 million higher than the week before and 4% above [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures from the northern half of the Plains to the Atlantic Coast States, excluding Florida and southern Georgia, while hotter-than-normal [Read More…]

Josh Linville, the vice president of fertilizer for Stone X Financial Inc., says some fall and spring fertilizer prices have moved higher, which could make input decisions more challenging. The post Grain prices move lower, [Read More…]

Work continues on the 10th edition of the Dietary Guidelines.  Shalene McNeill, the executive director of nutrition research at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the guidelines are updated every five years and will be [Read More…]

A policy expert with the National Corn Growers Association says she’s hopeful the Mexican decree banning genetically modified corn imports will be overturned before the end of the year. Nancy Martinez says U.S. lawyers made [Read More…]