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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Researchers and agronomists are using a creative way to study corn plant root structures and hope it will lead to a new understanding of how below-ground root systems can impact yields and plant stress.
Cattle higher Monday with near to record cash prices. However, the market fails to negate chart reversals. Has the cattle market scored an intermediate top? Scott Varillek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has the answer.
A congressional hearing scheduled for Wednesday will delve into the perceived threat posed by China to the U.S. agriculture industry, particularly concerning the increasing foreign ownership of American farmland.
U.S. pork exports to Mexico hit the second-highest on record in January, while another major meat processor says it’s shutting the doors on another pork processing plant as consolidation concerns continue to grow.
“We are really in a second phase of ag tech,” says Ryan Raguse, co-founder of Bushel. “We aren’t in an overly mature state—we’re still somewhere in the middle ground.”
Water alone will cool engines, but “coolant” improves cooling system performance.
Paul Neiffer, The Farm CPA, details some of the Biden administration’s 2025 budget plans and how they could affect farmers if approved. Of the provisions, only one would potentially help farmers, he says.
Jon Scheve looks for historical similarities to 2024 to determine if a corn price rally is even realistic.
The new 45Z tax credit passed in the Inflation Reduction Act, slated to take effect Jan. 1, 2025, means a farmer’s carbon intensity score will soon be worth more, especially if your corn goes to an ethanol plant.
Corn and soybeans end higher Friday, despite lower wheat. Cattle recover with near to record cash. What’s next for crude oil? Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing has details.