Crops
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.
Report: Kansas corn production forecast down from last year
Two countries reach agreement on final protocol, USDA says.
Rice prices have declined for several years because of competition from huge rice producers like Vietnam and Thailand as well as increases in agricultural productivity that have boosted supplies. Over the past few decades, hundreds of rice farmers in Southeast Texas have given up the crop entirely but that could soon change.
Here’s the latest from the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates:
While spring floods left many rice farmers with fewer acres of rice than they originally planned, they’re hopeful a rising market can offset at least some of the lost acreage.
An eastern Kansas farmer is hoping to attract visitors to his sunflower plot over Labor Day weekend.
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.”
In the heart of Canada’s bread basket, a Richardson International Ltd. processing plant stands as a testament to what may be the country’s most successful agricultural experiment.
According to the USDA, 44 percent of the sorghum crop has been planted out of the top 11 producing states, which is five points behind the five-year average.
In the early 1900s, cotton was king around Enterprise, Ala., and much of the southern U.S. But a silent southern invasion was just beginning.
As weeds become more resistant to herbicides, plant breeders are faced with the challenge of developing new varieties that are resistant to new or older herbicides. A new rice variety being released by rice researchers at the Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter is showing promise.
For the past several years, sorghum research has trailed that of corn and soybeans, but that could soon change.
Too much supply even with record peanut butter, snack demand.
For more than two decades, Commodity Classic has helped set the stage for the growing season. Farmers and presenters from across the country pour into one place with one goal in mind—to get ready for 2017. As attendance has grown, so has the event’s influence.
One of the keys to the sorghum industry is finding new demand and one of those new sources of demand might be the American consumer.
Louisiana rice farmers are ahead of the average planting schedule thanks to a relatively warm and dry spring.
For the past several years sorghum research has lagged behind that of corn and soybeans, but that could soon change with technology advances. DuPont Pioneer partnered with the Sorghum Checkoff to improve sorghum breeding.
Broader trade talks have moved slowly amid political spats.
While many ag groups voiced strong concern about the thought of pulling out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), other ag groups think the 20-year-old treaty needs a second look.
Cover crop support groups foster opportunities to learn from others
Tobacco is one crop struggling to keep acres.
The major beer brewers aren’t planning on buying as much barley from Montana.
A former USDA scientist has plead guilty to stealing seeds.
Hurricane Matthew created a second year of tough harvest conditions for South Carolina farmers. Producers say the damage in the northeastern part of the state was mostly concentrated in cotton and peanuts.
Canada supplies half of oats used in U.S. snack bars, cereals.
Think of it as photosynthesis on steroids. Photosynthesis is how plants convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into food. But it’s a very inefficient process, using less than one percent of the energy available, scientists said.
The rice crop in parts of Arkansas appear promising after August rain.