Ag News

Wetland easements in Missouri’s driest counties can be cut and baled for livestock forage.  Landowners can apply to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to cut up to 50 percent of the grass in their [Read More…]

Most of Minnesota’s crops are in good to excellent condition, but there are a few areas struggling after getting more rain.  The USDA says portions of the state started to recover from flooded fields last [Read More…]

Many Wisconsin farmers were thankful to see a little rain last week to help their crops but many would like another good soaking rain. Fifty-three percent of Wisconsin’s corn has reached silking stage which is [Read More…]

Missouri crops are progressing faster than last year, but dry weather continues to harm them. Corn silking is 95 percent complete as of Sunday. The crop is rated only 35 percent good to excellent. Soybeans [Read More…]

Flood related nutrient loss and crop damage is a concern in the northern two thirds of Iowa, but subsoil moisture in the southern third of the state is less than 30 percent adequate to surplus. [Read More…]

The USDA reports corn silking in Illinois reached 97 percent as of Sunday with a third of the crop in the dough stage, which is ahead of last year. the crop is 82 percent good [Read More…]

The USDA says supplies of red meat in cold storage at the end of June 2018 were up 5% from the end of June 2017. Beef jumped 8% to 448.577 million pounds and pork was [Read More…]

A grower in the nation’s top producing cherry region expects an average harvest amid a dry growing season. “I knew I had a lot of cherries on the trees, but they aren’t turning into as [Read More…]

A crop farmer in Michigan’s Thumb says insect pressure is mounting from persistent dry conditions. Mark Reif grows corn, soybeans, dry beans, wheat and pickles near Saginaw.  “If it stays like it is, it’s going to [Read More…]

The U.S. Senate will name farm bill conferees this week. Four Republicans and three Democrats are expected to be listed including Senate Ag Chairman Pat Roberts, a Republican from Kansas, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, [Read More…]

The USDA reports that as of the week ending July 19, 2018, corn export inspections will likely fall short of projections for the 2017/18 marketing year, which runs through the end of August for corn, [Read More…]

A northern Missouri farmer says current drought conditions are as bad as 2012. Sean Cornelius of Caldwell County says conditions are taking their toll on his dairy herd and 1200 acres of row crops. “Boy, [Read More…]

  As the week progresses, cool conditions will become more deeply entrenched across the central and eastern U.S., but hot, humid weather will linger across the Deep South. However, very hot weather will persist in [Read More…]

It’s not only if nitrogen is applied to the corn crop, it’s also a matter of when.  Golden Harvest agronomist Scott Gard is doing research on the timing of nitrogen fertilizer applications to corn.  Gard [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, cool, showery weather prevails across the upper Midwest. Showers are also sweeping across the eastern Complex, where severe thunderstorms may develop later Friday. On the Plains, intense heat is maintaining stress [Read More…]

In early July, Walmart stores in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska showcased Farming for the Future, a partnership to prepare teachers and students in the best agriculture practices to protect air and water quality and improve [Read More…]

  Excessively hot weather will persist through the weekend on the southern Plains, followed by favorably cooler conditions next week. Heat will continue, however, across much of the western U.S. In contrast, most areas east [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures were mostly lower.  Live cattle have been waiting for widespread direct cash business to develop and the USDA’s Cattle on Feed and Inventory reports.  Feeder cattle were lower [Read More…]

Growth Energy is calling on President Trump and the EPA for more pro-biofuel policies.  The renewable fuels trade association launched a television ad Friday calling on the administration to uphold promises to support biofuels.  The [Read More…]

JBS USA, the U.S. branch of the world’s largest meat producer, reportedly has stopped shipments from a pig farm where workers were shown abusing pigs in an undercover video released by Mercy for Animals. The [Read More…]