Crops
Trips to Washington DC with the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and its Pork Leadership Institute (PLI) always offer enlightenment on current issues mixed with a comradery not seen in all industries. This spring’s trip was no exception.
A major and often-overlooked overhead production cost on the farm is utilities.
USDA announced a new tariff aid plan that offers a single payment rate for all commodities.
AgDay national reporter Betsy Jibben caught up with one farmer who is deciding at planting sorghum. She talks to Tom Krull, a farmer in Constantine, Michigan and Zach Bolla, the Owner of Cover Crop Services, LLC.
Commodities are cheap compared to the recent rally in stocks. Analysts say they expect that to balance out at some point soon.
Today on AgriTalk, we’re talking with Iowa farmer Pam Johnson, Shaun Haney of Real Agriculture, and Illinois farmer Garry Niemeyer.
It’s been almost exactly 2 years since my first report on my pollinator plot. I was not exactly optimistic it would amount to much in the beginning. Thanks to experts and friends, things have gotten better.
Sustainability practices are not a silver bullet. They must be understood in concert with the specific geographies where they are adopted and the goals and needs of the individual farming operations.
Listen to Andrew Hartshorn’s incredible journey to be becoming a farmer.
In spite of what we heard for months of sideways trading markets and media fear of being saddled long term by mountains of grains (especially corn), some real issues are surfacing.
Indigo Ag, Inc., is launching an on-farm storage program for U.S. farmers to enable identity preservation of corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat and rice.
Growers focus on dry weather and shrug off U.S.-China trade woes.
Understanding the latest definition of no-till and the reasons to stay with it offer potential benefits to your management plan and can affect your bottom line as well.
Last month, the U.S. issued a statement it would be putting 30 percent tariffs on solar panels and washing machines imported from China. Less than two weeks later after the announcement, China is fighting back.
The number of nut-based milk products are growing with a new addition arriving on store shelves this month: peanut milk.
The bitter cold blast that hit the eastern half of the U.S. last week has moved on, but not before damaging one of the few row crops still standing—sugarcane.
When you think about crop production in the U.S., the big three are corn, soybeans and wheat—in that order. One crop that garners only a modest number of acres but might be worth taking a look at for your farm is canola. “In the U.S., the ratio of supply versus demand of canola oil is about 1:4, which presents a huge opportunity for U.S. producers to grow more canola,” according the U.S. Canola Association. There are a number of reasons for that. Among them, according to the USDA, is that canola oil for cooking ranks behind only soybean oil and palm oil. In addition, canola meal is the second-most used feed meal with livestock, behind only soybean meal. In the past 40 years, canola has gone from being the sixth-largest oil crop to the second largest globally. Even so, U.S. farmers—at 17 million acres in 2017—produce only a small portion of the global crop. North Dakota farmers produce 83% of the total crop, according to Margaret Smith with the agricultural marketing resource center at Iowa State University.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announces the appointments of five members to serve on the United Sorghum Checkoff Program board of directors. Members will serve three-year terms.
Bee Vectoring Technology (BVT) achieved an average 47% reduction in incidence and a 20% reduction in the severity of sclerotinia head rot in sunflowers at three separate test locations in 2017.
New formed Local Seed Company says it will offer farmers a “direct-to-growers” option with a mission to provide custom crafted seed options delivered to the farm.
Soybeans seem to be stealing the limelight from corn, but it’s an easy thing to do when corn has been trading sideways for several months.
“The No. 1 failure I’ve seen is when producers are interested in cover crops and just jump in without knowing what they want to accomplish,” says Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska Extension engineer.
Report: Kansas corn production forecast down from last year
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says both U.S. peanut and cotton producers may have a record crop on their hands.
An Native American tribe is working to restore wild rice to five eastern Minnesota lakes.
Soybeans aren’t the only legumes China is interested in buying.
Two countries reach agreement on final protocol, USDA says.
Here’s the latest from the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates:
UPDATED Friday AM: Hurricane Harvey was upgraded to a Category 2 hurricane this morning. The National Weather Service expects the area of impact to be “uninhabitable for weeks or months.”
An eastern Kansas farmer is hoping to attract visitors to his sunflower plot over Labor Day weekend.