As a Missouri farmer is in for a fight of his life, a local ag retailer went to work, deciding to travel to farms, pick up grain from any farmer who wanted to donate for "Combining for Curtis."
Chip Flory is back with another segment of “Outdoors on the Farm.” Chip talks with an Iowa producer who focuses on conservation. They take a drive in an ATV along some CRP acres. Ride along and click on the link.
California Farmer Rick Pedro loves the picture of himself standing in front of giant silage corn with his father right next to him. Apparently, so did the person who stole it from social media claiming it as their own.
Nebraska farmers are trying to harvest after being flooded multiple times this year. Despite that, USDA says the average corn and soybean yields for the state are higher than the national average.
After a tumultuous 2019 season, all eyes are on seed companies to learn what to expect. The 2019 seed supply was weak for soybeans as a result of a challenging harvest in 2018, and farmers hope 2020 isn’t a repeat.
It’s more than just the calendar delaying the corn’s maturity, something is making it take more growing degree days (GDDs) than even the maturity rating indicates.
Idaho farmers scrambled to get their crops harvested as freezing temperatures and a snowstorm moved into the area.
One farmer in Eastern Idaho received some helping hands. The story is going viral!
Farmers across the U.S. say how 2019 is not like any other year they’ve farmed.
AgDay National Reporter Betsy Jibben talked with a seasoned farmer who can really say if this year has been different.
Each Friday this fall, AgriTalk's Chip Flory will be “Outdoors on the Farm,” sharing tips and ideas about managing wildlife and natural resources. He's making the trek to Iowa for this segment.
When you hear the term ‘organic’ it likely evokes some kind of strong emotion. For consumers, it’s a positive reaction, but for many conventional farmers it provokes animosity.
On Sept. 19, 170 attendees including farmers, startup leaders, investors, regional leaders and students interested in agtech, took part in the AgLaunch Future of Ag Field Day.
This week John Deere announced it would lay off employees at two of its factories: Harvester Works and Davenport Works. In total, 163 employees will be placed on indefinite layoffs, according to the Quad City Times.
Almost 30 years after Saddam Hussein put a match to 600-plus oil wells during the Gulf War, an American farmer, Ed Hain, lays claim to ending one of the most environmentally destructive war crimes ever recorded.
Farmers along the Missouri River and its tributaries are bracing for more flooding the week. Heavy rainfall, combined with excess water from South Dakota, is a bad combination for a river that was already high.
Rumors continue to fly that China is buying more U-S soybeans. Reuters reporting China bought several cargoes of U-S beans on Monday for shipment from November to January. We will have to await confirmation from USDA.
As harvest kicks into full gear across the countryside, farmers are spending more time in combines. As they pick—or shell—corn, they’ve taken to Twitter.
You keep hearing about precision farming and you're likely taking advantage of the new capabilities in tractors or combines—but are you getting the full benefit?
The USDA announced today producers participating in federal crop insurance who have a payable prevented planting indemnity for 2019 will automatically receive an extra payment
It's no surprise hemp is a crop with big rewards. However, how much are we talking? AgDay's Clinton Griffiths has an analysis with Paul Mitchell, an economist at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
“If we have five different soil types, why do we go out and put out a flat rate of nitrogen?” Eller adds. “You’re leaving top-end yield on the table and overfeeding the under performers.”
Is using the Exchange Traded Fund to avoid grain storage fees a viable option? John Phipps answers a viewer's question in this week's Customer Support.
Randy Dowdy just blew the bin doors off soybean yield world records, hitting 190.23 bushels per acre on 3.27 acres, and 179 bpa on 4.23 acres. The Georgia farmer broke his previous yield record of 171 bpa, set in 2016.
Andrew Mueth explained this was how he and his five brothers could preserve their 160-year-old family legacy. The family raises a wide variety of lettuce using an aquaponic system that was erected in a storage shed.
Producer Brandon Lebsock is opening the agronomic door on 4,000 acres of CBD hemp in 2019, with an Oct. 5 field day in northeast Colorado’s Logan County.
Brian Splitt, with AgMarket.Net, says farmers don’t necessarily have to focus on one production year at a time when it comes to marketing. AgDay's Clinton Griffiths talks more with Splitt about locking in profits:
The Enviratron – along with researchers at Iowa State University - are lifting the veil on factors that could impact the future of farming, testing various weather extremes and the impact on plants.
U.S. rice growers won’t get increased sales under the current terms of a trade deal agreed by President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, people familiar with the accord said.
After 22 years of crossing the U.S. with a nose for damaged crops, Dennis Haugen trades grain across the world and carries a memory packed with unique encounters.
Winter annual weeds will impact future plantings though. They act as alternate hosts for pests, impact soil temperature and can sequester moisture and nutrients from future crops.
Even though the disaster aid bill was written, passed by Congress and signed by President Trump, details are still being hammered out. That includes the portion of the program covering prevented planting.
National Sorghum Producers CEO Tim Lust said in order to fix depresses prices, sorghum producers need markets. That includes both domestic and international demand. He explained to Tyne Morgan on AgDay.
