Ag News

The CEO of the Minnesota Pork Producers is reminding pig farmers affected by trade disputes to know their inventory as of August first. David Preisler says the Farm Service Agency will be conducting spot checks. [Read More…]

Chinese officials have welcomed an invitation from the U.S. to restart trade talks, according to various media reports. White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow told Fox Business Wednesday that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin sent [Read More…]

A letter addressed to the President is the latest attempt by pro-ethanol groups seeking immediate action on year-round E15 sales. Renewable Fuels Association executive vice president Geoff Cooper tells Brownfield the integrity of the Renewable [Read More…]

A dairy industry leader says while there’s been an uptick in the number of dairy farms that have closed, milk production is not declining as much as is needed. “Up till now it would appear [Read More…]

The USDA says it will be releasing the models used to calculate payment rates set in the trade aid program this week. “You’d made your crop plans, you’d gotten your financing in order, and this [Read More…]

Weather has been extremely variable throughout 2018, but for growers in the Upper Midwest too much moisture caused problems in the spring and the rains lingered enough to spell trouble this fall. An agronomist in [Read More…]

The soil analytics company Teralytic has attained Ag Data Transparent certification. Teralytic’s wireless probes contain more than two-dozen sensors for detailed soil quality data on soil moisture, NPK, salinity and more. Ag Data Transparent is [Read More…]

Tar spot, a fungal disease of corn, has spread to more Midwest fields this year. Jim Donnelly is an agronomist for Asgrow/DEKALB in Northern Illinois, “With respect to my territory, I have a geography essentially [Read More…]

Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed Wednesday relatively flat range despite a positive supply and demand forecast for milk prices. September milk closed up two cents at $16.13.  October was unchanged [Read More…]

A presenter at the Ag Innovation Showcase has developed a way to take much of the smell out of manure leaving a by-product of fertilizer and clean water.  Livestock Water Recycling (LWR) co-founder Karen Schuett [Read More…]

Farmers in Illinois and Iowa are projected to receive the most trade aid from USDA’s Market Facilitation Program. Politico says Illinois growers are in line for $597 million in direct payments, and producers in Iowa [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production last week backed off from the recent high levels. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.02 million barrels a day, 67,000 less than the previous week with policy uncertainties about [Read More…]

Bayer Crop Sciences took time at the Farm Progress Show to explain some changes now that the acquisition of Monsanto is final. “Not a lot has changed eight days into the deal from what we [Read More…]

The East Coast is bracing for Hurricane Florence and its landfall could send ripple effects throughout the ag sector. John Heinberg with Stewart-Peterson says the biggest impact will likely be seen in the hog markets.  [Read More…]

A livestock economist says the European Commission’s announcement to review the duty-free quota for high-quality beef is good news for US beef producers. Erin Borror with the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) says the current [Read More…]

A seed company agronomist says corn tar spot is impacting a larger area in the Midwest this year.  Barry Sutton with Dairyland Seed says, “They first discovered it in Indiana in 2015, a couple of locations [Read More…]

The USDA has increased its outlooks for 2018 U.S. corn and soybean production. Corn is currently projected at 14.827 billion bushels, up 2% from both the USDA’s August guess and the 2017 total with a [Read More…]

Among the many topics being discussed at Husker Harvest Days is the 2018 farm bill.  Jordan Dux,  director of national affairs for Nebraska Farm Bureau, and Brad Lubben, University of Nebraska Extension policy specialist, gave [Read More…]

Harvest is just around the corner and this year farmers have doubled the acres planted to the Roundy Ready Xtend Crop system. In this Managing for Profit, North America dicamba portfolio lead Ryan Rubischko talks [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, favorably dry weather prevails, although lowland flooding persists in parts of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Warmth is returning across the upper Midwest, helping to dry out still-soggy fields. On the [Read More…]