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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The White House says President Joe Biden will address cyber attacks with Russia at a meeting later this month and won’t take any options off the table when responding to the recent cyberattack on meat producer JBS.
The head of Tyson Foods, Dean Banks, is stepping down after less than a year on the job. The company announced Donnie King is the new CEO, which makes him the fifth CEO of Tyson in the last five years.
Perennial grain crops offer soil-boosting and climate-mitigating effects—while also bringing in cash.
The Kansas Wheat Quality Council’s 2021 winter wheat tour wrapped up after making it’s way across the state. And the 2021 yield potential is high. Scouts uncovered the highest tour average on record going back to 2000.
The cattle industry’s unprecedented meeting was centered around meat packing margins and claims of market monopoly. The meeting among the six groups is now drawing a response from the meat packing industry.
From Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today, these are some of the stories we are watching on Friday, May 21.
As commodity prices screamed higher, the cost of doing business is increasing for grain elevators also was on the rise. And market analysts say if commodity prices rally again, it could come at a cost to farmers.
The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday it will start erasing an estimated $4 billion dollars in debt to minority farmers in June, as it seeks to address racial discrimination.
The undertaking is so big that the agency employs two different surveys.
Gated tile systems can help deal with troublesome issues.