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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When a historical tractor, lost under seven coats of paint, quietly hit the auction floor, Dan Magness jumped on an opportunity and painstakingly resurrected a piece of Americana.
Another week of good weather for most of the corn belt has put downward pressure on prices.
An unprecedented heat wave and drought in the Pacific Northwest is damaging white wheat coveted by Asian buyers and forcing fruit farm workers to harvest in the night to salvage crops and avoid deadly heat.
Since the introduction of specialty eggs, John Phipps says the market has defied supply and demand axioms, comprising of 30% of the egg market. With prices six times higher, it’s proof shoppers will pay for preference.
Bean planting populations of 190,000 to 220,000 in washed out areas can help keep weeds from taking over.
Traders liked what they saw in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released Monday from USDA. Joe Vaclavik and Ben Brown break down the key takeaways from Monday’s report.
Less than two weeks after USDA issued an updated June Acreage Report, which revealed fewer planted acres than expected, USDA says it still expects larger corn supplies and an uptick in ending stocks.
Just a day after USDA released the July WASDE report, which showed a shocking drop in all-wheat production and yield, the July corn contract traded 80 cents higher mid-day Tuesday. Analysts weigh in on the reason.
As record heat continues to blast the West, the Northwest Cherry Growers said the heat will force some growers to abandon a portion of their crop due to the damage. It’s also forcing farm workers to harvest at night.
Meteorologist Mike Hoffman has a look at the latest Root Zone Moisture map.