AgDay
Hosted by Haley Bickelhaupt, AgDay provides the nation’s farmers and ranchers with the latest news, weather and business headlines, and features the people and places unique to the industry and small-town America.
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Meteorologist Mike Hoffman has an update on the root zone moisture map.
Many farmers will collect crop insurance this year and some may be able to defer to 2022.
Mortgage underwriters often have trouble figuring out how to fit farmers into conforming loan requirements.
Meteorologist Matt Engelbrecht takes a look at a new map showing how smoke is being carried from the West Coast all the way to the East Coast.
As smoke covers much of the Midwest, it’s providing a layer of protection from high heat in areas like eastern North Dakota. One agronomist says some of the crops in the central and western parts are already fried.
The USDA had no surprises for corn and beans last week. Now the market will wait for national yield estimates in the August USDA report.
AgriTalk’s Chip Flory and Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer discuss new court rulings affecting the renewable fuel standard, senate hearings on immigrant farm workers, pressure on the crude oil market and more.
In soybeans, look for white mold issues this week. Initial symptoms generally develop in the R3 to R6 production stages.
Carl Lucas’ unlikely survival after falling into the steel grip of a PTO shaft is a chilling account of farm machinery danger: “Look at me and learn. Look at my missing arm and remember.”
A 2021 big-yield scenario suggests lower prices than seen in mid-July, but not low enough to leave financials stained with red ink.