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After passing the House 224-200, the farm bill is headed to the Senate, where SNAP funding could be another problematic topic.
In total, an estimated 2 trillion gallons of water were dumped on the state’s countryside, leading Hawaii’s governor to label the event the most severe flooding since 2004.
The nation’s corn crop is currently 11% planted, sitting 2 points ahead of the five-year average. Although many Illinois farmers are waiting to plant because of wet conditions, much of the latest national crop progress comes from Illinois and Indiana.
On the consumer side, demand for beef continues to grow and is reaching record levels. Nebraska Farm Bureau reports an index created by the Livestock Marketing Information Center (LMIC) to gauge beef demand reached 138 last year, the highest on record and a 10-point jump from 2024.
In Texas, for example, more than half of the winter wheat is rated poor to very poor. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says the state recently endured its fourth-driest stretch from September to February in the last 131 years.
By diversifying into specialty crops and direct-to-consumer sales, the Thomas family is connecting the next generation to the soil and their community.
Approximately 40,000 hard-boiled, dyed eggs travel nearly 500 miles to the annual event on the White House Lawn. The planning and egg production starts at a farm in Nashville, North Carolina.
A shrinking labor pool is already having an impact, and ag experts say it’s only going to get tougher.
Ken Ferrie outlines various treatment scenarios, depending on what farmers find in their fields. He cautions that severe infections can easily cause 60-bu.-per-acre yield losses.
It’s Dairy Week on Farm Journal Live with Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky and Katie Schmitt of World Dairy Expo.
The antitrust class-action lawsuit alleging America’s largest beef packers conspired to fix cattle prices has been dismissed by a federal judge in Minnesota.
Milk futures saw a solid start to 2020. COVID-19 caused prices to change course, as milk futures spiraled lower. What path could prices take in the months ahead? U.S. Farm Report discusses in the marketing roundtables.
Dairy exports are up 14% in value, with China seeing a growing hunger for products like whey. How could that added interest impact dairy prices heading into 2021? U.S. Farm Report roundtables break it down.
Some dairy goat farmers claim there’s a monopoly in the Midwest, with little government support programs catered toward dairy. So, what’s the future look like for dairy goats? John Phipps answers in Customer Support.
A key piece of Ohio State University’s extension is helping farmers’ improve productivity. That includes large-scale research with efields, digging into everything from high-speed planting to questions about compaction.
Corn and soybean prices normally dive during harvest. This year, that’s not been the case.
After the latest USDA report was released this week, questions surfaced about the actual size of the 2019 crop. So with lower corn stocks, could the lows for corn already be behind farmers? U.S. Farm Report discusses.
Growers will have access to state aggregated, from-the-combine, harvest data in a partnership between Pro Farmer and Farmobile.
Op-Ed from Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller in support of President Donald Trump.
Op-Ed from Dawn Riley and Larry Elworth in support of Joe Biden.
AgButler, a just-launched app that connects employers to laborers — one click at a time
In a long-awaited announcement, the European Union Monday stated it would approve Bayer’s XtendFlex® soybeans for import.
BASF and Bayer are each creating a new tank-mix partner for their dicamba products. Both company tank mixes focus on reducing volatility. These products will need EPA approval.
To help farmers in the battle against resistant and tough-to-control weeds, AMVAC is adding two new herbicides to their lineup.
Op-Ed from Charles Herbster, Chairman of Farmers and Ranchers for Trump
Op-Ed from former USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack supporting the candidacy of Joe Biden.
Old crop corn stocks on hand as of Sept. 1, 2020 totaled 2 billion bushels, down 10% from 2019. Old crop soybeans stored in all positions were down 42% from 2019.