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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
The crisis in Ukraine continues as farmers prepare to plant. And now there are reports planted acres in the country could fall by half this spring as Russia is accused of deliberately targeting Ukrainian agriculture.
Spring is officially here – and planting intentions are all the buzz. Here’s seven different acreage estimates for corn, soybeans and wheat.
U.S. and Japanese officials announced an agreement allowing American producers to meet Japan’s growing demand for U.S. beef while lowering the risk of Japan imposing higher tariffs in the future.
Game wardens must have a warrant to conduct surveillance on private land and may not rely on the power of the federal Open Fields doctrine.
Now that it’s time to complete annual dicamba application training, Bayer has you covered. The company recently launched a flexible and easy-to-use online training platform.
For March 2021, the Rural Mainstreet Index sits at 65.4. That is up from February’s 61.5.
Preview 2.1 SC herbicide from UPL targets tough broadleaf weeds and will be available for use on about half a million soybean acres this season.
Experts say using less herbicide, or cutting the rate of product per acre, isn’t a good solution.
Selected as Grand Champion Jr. Market Steer from a field of 1,750, Vanilla Ice sold for a record $1 million at the 90th Anniversary of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Ted McKinney, NASDA CEO, led the climate conversation with a diverse list of speakers. From wildfires to water quality, each corner of the nation spoke to their state’s ag adversity, and their work in overcoming it.
As the White House looks to fill the gap of displaced Russian oil, agriculture says E15 is a ready-made answer. Analysis by the Nebraska Ethanol Board shows why bumping blends to E15 could ease prices at the pump.
Farmland currently appears to be something akin to a modern-day gold rush. It can’t be bought up fast enough, while per-acre prices fetched for recent sales set record high after record high.
The National Mall in Washington, D.C. will look different this week. AEM is hosting a Celebration of Modern Agriculture event to showcase the nation’s finest agricultural machinery.
A labor dispute that shut down operations at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd on Sunday is set to aggravate a shortage of commodities, and a prolonged lockdown could hurt farmers ahead of the spring planting season.
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The Northwest Seaport Alliance is partnering the USDA to bring the Port of Seattle a 49-acre pop-up site that will accept both dry and refrigerated agricultural products for temporary storage.
The northern corn rootworm lays eggs that can sit in soils between two and five years before hatching. That complicates control measures.
The fundamentals in both the grain and livestock markets didn’t change this week. So, why did prices see such a volatile trading week? Joe Vaclavik and Don Close break down this week’s market action on U.S. Farm Report.
As the crisis in Ukraine continues and the world debates whether Ukraine will plant crops this year, what is best-case and worst-case scenario for agriculture in Ukraine? U.S. Farm Report analysts weigh the scenarios.
Post-emergent herbicide supplies can be harder to find this year. Industry professionals recommend making a plan and considering a new approach to weed management to get ahead this growing season.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on a video call on Friday about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Chinese media said Xi underlined that such conflicts are in no-one’s interests.
Even with Russia removed from the global fertilizer market, it still doesn’t create worst-case scenario. StoneX Group says China could make the situation worse, as China and Russia account for 40% of global phosphate.
The Right to Repair movement in agriculture is a popular cause with farmers, for various good and questionable reasons. As multiple states create Right to Repair rules, it looks like we may be watching the wrong battle.
How much power do game wardens possess without a warrant or probable cause? A hunting club lawsuit is heating up over the bounds of government access to private land.
Scientists expect corn hybrids containing the technology will help farmers regain the upper hand over a variety of above-ground and below-ground pests that current technology is struggling to contain.
The U.S. is the second or third top importer for each of the three major components of fertilizer. Top producers of the major components of fertilizer include China, Russia, Canada, Morocco and Belarus.
The U.S. is “no where near” having 100% of the fertilizer products farmers need at planting, according to The Fertilizer Institute. Soil sampling and good nutrient stewardship principles are more important than ever.
Brazil’s soybean crop seems to be shrinking. Estimates by AgResource earlier this month show a soybean crop under 120 MMT, and it’s yet another slash to crop estimates that are at a level not even USDA has touched yet.
Ukraine has only recently become a corn and soy export competitor, but was the breadbasket of Europe for centuries. Ukraine has about two-thirds of the richest soils in continental Europe.
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