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Great Harvest Organics operations lead Dave Ross says consumer demand for organically produced goods continues to show double-digit growth. And there are opportunities for farmers to take advantage of the premiums. In this Managing for [Read More…]

Tara Hummel of the Tri-Point FFA Chapter in Illinois works for Select Exotics, an exotic cat breeding operation. She says she has learned communication skills by working with clients and employees and advice she has [Read More…]

Nathan Stewart of the East Clinton FFA Chapter in Ohio owns a business, Bee Wild Honey Farm. He started off with six established hives and now has just under 70. He says he has learned [Read More…]

The six students who will lead and represent the National FFA Organization over the next year were selected during the 91st National FFA Convention. Luke O’Leary of California is the new national FFA president. His [Read More…]

Speaking at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, President Trump said no one embodies the American spirit quite like FFA members. “You know that success only comes through hard work and perseverance- you know that [Read More…]

Grace Box, a member of Neosho FFA in Missouri, grows 400 Belgium Hardy Mums as part of her business, Gracie’s Mums. She says she’s learned that she can do anything she puts her mind to [Read More…]

Jonathan Timm of the Cisne FFA Chapter in Illinois started raising hogs when he was in seventh grade. He now sells show pigs to local 4-H members as well as markets feeder pigs and fat [Read More…]

Brenden Kleiboeker of the Pierce Citty FFA Chapter in Missouri works for his family farm and raises 1,000 all-nautral, deeply-bedded, antibioitic-free market hogs. He cares for the pigs, including checking the feeder level. He hopes [Read More…]

A developing storm system along the Atlantic Seaboard will drift northward during the weekend, delivering rain and gusty winds to parts of the eastern U.S. Weekend snow may fall in portions of the northern Appalachians. [Read More…]

Carson Eyre, a member of the Western Brown FFA Chapter in Ohio, operates his own lawncare business, Eyre Lawn Care. He has about 42 weekly customers. He also works on landscape projects, fertilizer and weed [Read More…]

The National FFA Organization recognizes four students each year with its top honor, the American Star Awards. Austin Stanton of Missouri was awarded the American Star Farmer. Stanton owns more than 15,000 hens and sells [Read More…]

Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ended the week mixed Friday in a narrow range. October closed unchanged at $15.53.  November down three cents at $15.08.  December up four cents at $15.27.  [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day higher on support from wholesale values and the day’s higher cash trade.  December live cattle closed $1.32 higher at $118.40 and February live cattle closed [Read More…]

A University of Nebraska Extension policy specialist foresees a large gap in the farm safety net for crop producers in 2019. Nebraska crop producers, for example, have received 500 to 600 million dollars in total payments on each [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying but posting week to week losses. Contracts were due for a bounce and harvest activity in some areas has been delayed by rain. Some damage [Read More…]

  Another financial tool has been made available to farmers impacted by bad weather and flooding, now that President Trump has declared parts of Wisconsin a disaster area. Farm Service Agency State Director Sandy Chalmers [Read More…]

FFA members from across the country have gathered for the national convention in Indianapolis. Bret Duncan, a junior with the West Central Area Chapter in Minnesota, says FFA has given him opportunities he wouldn’t have [Read More…]

One of the cattle industry representatives who provided public comment at this week’s USDA-FDA meeting on lab-grown, cell-cultured meat was JanLee Rowlett with the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association. “We advocated for USDA jurisdiction over this issue, [Read More…]

A procurement manager for a conglomerate of 10 Mexican grain purchasers is pleased with the new U.S. Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Speaking to Brownfield through an interpreter at the 2018 Export Exchange in Minneapolis, Arturo Basulto [Read More…]

Farmers for Free Trade and Americans for Free Trade have taken their Tariffs Hurt the Heartland message on tour.   Their seventh stop was in Waukesha, Wisconsin where a panel representing farmers, restaurateurs, small businesses and manufacturers [Read More…]