Ag News

In it’s latest production forecast, the USDA caught many off-guard when it increased the projected U.S. corn yield and associated production estimate. A grain marketer calls the yield guess of 181 bushels per acre, which [Read More…]

Analysis by the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute indicates a drop in farm income even considering government market facilitation program payments. “Net farm income today is roughly half the level it was at the [Read More…]

POET Biorefining in Marion, Ohio has opened it’s 80-million-gallon expansion, more than doubling the ethanol plant’s yearly capacity to 150-million-gallons. POET says the plant will also produce 360-thousand tons of high protein animal feed each [Read More…]

A federal judge in North Dakota has ruled Iowa can join other states that have an injunction against implementation of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Iowa was not one of the original [Read More…]

Nebraska Farm Bureau has announced the formation of a new large group association health care plan for its farmer, rancher and agribusiness members. Officials say the new plan was created to lower health care costs [Read More…]

Harvest is underway and rainfall can significantly impact which fields are ready for the combine. The Climate Corporation’s leading weather expert, Jeff Massey, sat down with us to discuss his team’s emerging research on rainfall. [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production climbed higher last week as supplies tightened slightly. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.051 million barrels a day, up 31,000 from the previous week’s more than four-month low with [Read More…]

  Above-normal temperatures will cover much of the country during the next few days, although cool air will be lurking across the nation’s northern tier. In addition, clouds and rainfall will suppress temperatures in parts [Read More…]

Commentary. Most reading this column are farming, ranching or involved to some degree in production agriculture or agribusiness.  As such, you are exposed to what many would consider a unique workplace. Unfortunately, it is also [Read More…]

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture says 55-hundred swine losses have been reported from Hurricane Florence damage. That’s about twice the number from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 but well under the 21-thousand pig deaths in [Read More…]

GMO foods do not cause allergies and are not associated with any increase in allergies. Lisa Katic, a Registered Dietitian and President of K Consulting, explains that, “No commercially available crops contain allergens that have been created [Read More…]

Association of Equipment Manufacturers President Dennis Slater says escalating trade tensions with China threaten many of the 1.3 million jobs supported by U.S. equipment manufacturing.  Slater says tariffs on Chinese goods hurt U.S. access to [Read More…]

Along with farmers and influencers, journalists from more than 35 countries are in Monheim, Germany for Bayer’s Future of Farming Dialogue 2018. Brownfield’s Cyndi Young is there. During the opening session, Bayer leaders outlined the [Read More…]

The vice president of agriculture for the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative is anticipating a smaller than normal crop. Todd Geselius says their harvest started about 10 days ago, and it’s common for growers to [Read More…]

The manager of a beef research farm says dry weather generates valuable data for grazing management. In his 41st year at the University of Missouri’s Thompson Farm, manager Jon Schreffler learns from every drought. “Absolutely, [Read More…]

The harvest of small grains and other specialty crops is advancing in Minnesota. The latest USDA crop progress report shows the sugarbeet harvest, at nine percent, is slightly ahead of the five-year average. More than [Read More…]

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’s returning to Washington later this week to continue NAFTA negotiations. Freeland told reporters she will be meeting with her U.S. counterpart, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Meanwhile, [Read More…]

One of the nation’s largest chicken producers has reported significant losses caused by Hurricane Florence. In a release issued Monday, Sanderson Farms said that at least 1.7-million chickens have died after 60 of the 880 [Read More…]

Milk futures were mostly down and cash dairy prices were mixed at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday. September Class Three milk was up $.01 to $16.13.  October was down $.05 to $16.06. November was down [Read More…]

China says it will take retaliatory tariff action against 60 billion dollars of U.S. goods in response to the latest round of tariffs announced by the Trump Administration. On Monday President Trump said the U.S. [Read More…]