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USDA’s goal is to issue regulations in fall 2019 to accommodate the 2020 planting season, the agency said in a recent release.
Arizona farmers will soon begin planting hemp as its byproduct - CBD oil - is exploding in popularity, with some supporters
As recreational cannabis is allowed in more states, however, brewers have started to merge the plants.
The year of hemp jubilee has arrived, roughly 80 years after Uncle Sam locked the maligned cannabis variety in the federal attic.
The intricacies around growing cannabis and the lack of guidance from federal bank regulators means growing it can put your business at risk.
The year of hemp jubilee has arrived, roughly 80 years after Uncle Sam locked the maligned cannabis variety in the federal attic.
Winter Wheat Production Up 1 Percent from June Durum Wheat Production Down 25 Percent from 2018 Other Spring Wheat Production Down 8 Percent from 2018 Orange Production Up 1 Percent from June
Add the nation’s wheat farmers to the list of groups President Donald Trump has offended.
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.
After the USDA released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Thursday, corn and soybeans took the lead story away from wheat. Ending stocks for wheat for 2017/18 have been lowered 25 million bushels, the report citing increased exports as the cause.
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Sudan’s liberalized bread prices this year may affect trade.
Tillerman Seeds, LLC, of Grand Rapids, Mich. was formed to acquire specialty, GMO and non-GMO seed assets. This week it completed its first transaction with the successful purchase of DF Seeds Inc., of Dansville, Mich.
Wheat acres in the U.S. in 2017 were at lows not seen for a century. Going into 2018, it looks like that could be the case as well with farmers planting less wheat.
Spring wheat production rose 12 million bushels, shocking the marketplace and sending prices lower, says Jerry Gulke of the Gulke Group.
For an artisanal bread company, the farmer-producer relationship takes more than just separating the wheat from the chaff.
Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities
In 2017, wheat acres hit a 108-year low, and they’ll be fewer acres in 2018.
When California farmer John Duarte decided to settle his legal battle with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rather than risk losing his family owned nursery operation, a couple of signals were sent to all of agriculture according to Don Parish, senior director of regulatory relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation. Duarte agreed to pay a $1.1 million settlement after being accused by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of improperly disturbing a wetland when he plowed a wheat field.
Variety selection can play a huge role in yield and premiums
John Duarte, a California nursery owner who was sued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for plowing a wheat field without a Clean Water Act permit, has reached a $1.1 million settlement with the federal government.
Top Producer columnists Chris Barron and Paul Neiffer share a from-the-field crop update from the Evergreen State.
Thousands of acres of wheat have been baled for feed in drought-stricken areas of North Dakota. Many farmers are abandoning small grains because the quality of the crops are not worth harvesting.
Downpours in EU’s No. 2 wheat grower may curb protein content.
The spring wheat harvest has gotten underway in South Dakota as the winter wheat and oats harvests progress.
As wheat harvest gets closer by the day, now is a good time to take measurements for your records, including counting population.
Winter wheat harvest is ongoing across the country. Despite USDA saying 28 percent of the crop out of the top 18 producing states is out of the ground, winter wheat harvest is moving across the High Plains.
Some farms may start wheat harvest 10 days later than normal.
Concern from neighboring wheat farmers about weeds spreading from an organic farm are forcing management changes.