Anna-Lisa Laca

When she’s not helping on the dairy, accomplished agriculture journalist Anna-Lisa Laca reports about all things agriculture—online, in social media and in print as the Online and Business Editor for Dairy Today and Top Producer. Laca, who served as Social Media Editor for Farm Journal early in her career, owns and runs a dairy with her husband, Scott, and grew up on a West Coast cow-calf operation. Follow @AnnaLaca1 Friend Anna-Lisa Laca

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April and Kenton Javorsky farm in Oklahoma with their children (from left) Phil, Kim, Wesley and Wesley’s fi ance, Melissa Valencia. They have scaled back the size of their crop operation and farm what they can manage as a family.
Wheat
Oklahoma Farmer Willing to Stray from Tradition
In the 1800s, the Javorsky family immigrated from Russia to western Oklahoma. They brought with them a deep understanding of how to grow wheat and an entrepreneurial spirit.
November 16, 2020 09:41 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
Wheat prices surged to a three-year high a while Thursday as Ukraine said it will limit exports of milling wheat after a drought wrecked European crops.
Wheat
Wheat Prices To Hold Through 2018
Wheat prices have benefited from strong rallies recently and because of tightening supply and a slightly improving demand picture.
November 16, 2020 09:31 PM
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Corn
History Calling: Repeat of 1995 Corn?
USDA is currently projecting near-record yields for the 2018 corn and soybean crops, but whether or not that actually comes to fruition will depend on nighttime temperatures here on out.
November 16, 2020 09:08 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
Corn
Is $8 Corn A Possibility?
What would it take for corn to return to its glory days after living at $3 per bu.?
November 16, 2020 09:08 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
“For 27 years the Pro Farmer Crop Tour has been a public service for the benefit of agriculture, in good times and bad.  And it’s clearly a stressful time right now,” said Andy Weber Farm Journal CEO, in a statement.
Corn
Safety Emphasized as Crop Tour Continues After USDA Employee Threat
A USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service employee, slated to speak at one of the tour’s events, received a threat by phone.
November 16, 2020 09:07 PM
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“When we measure that grain length, when we count the kernel rows and the populations, we're not accounting for any of the difference in the maturity in those basic raw numbers,” he said.
Corn
Tour Results Show Best-Case Scenario For Corn, Worst-Case For Soybeans
While the data is an extremely accurate representation of what scouts saw in the field for that day, it will not be exactly the same as the official Pro Farmer yield estimates released on Friday.
November 16, 2020 09:07 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
“We’ve seen more prevent plant here than in Indiana this morning,” he said. “The maturity took a step back and the yield took a step back. The corn has been pretty solid, within a range, just not what you’d want to see in this part of Illinois.”
Corn
Scouts See Improved Crops as They Move Deeper Into The Corn Belt
As Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour scouts move deeper into the heart of the Corn Belt, the crops have improved compared to what they saw yesterday.
November 16, 2020 09:07 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
“Further east was less mature, as we move west it gets a little more maturity,” he said on Wednesday morning.  “I think we’ll find more maturity as we move into eastern Iowa this afternoon.”
Corn
Crop Tour Scouts Expect Improved Maturity As They Head West
Crop tour scouts on the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour will make their way through western Illinois and into eastern Iowa today.
November 16, 2020 09:07 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
Farm programs are often complex, and that is the case for the latest Market Facilitation Program package.
Corn
How MFP 2019 County Payment Rates Were Calculated
Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer provides this “easy explanation of complex program.”
November 16, 2020 09:07 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
More than 140 scouts have sampled thousands of Midwestern corn and soybean fields during the 2017 Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Corn
Crop Conditions Decline, Corn Maturity Delayed
The latest Crop Progress report from USDA-NASS shows declining conditions for corn and soybean crops, and delayed corn maturity.
November 16, 2020 09:06 PM
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