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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.
This tractor sold for a record price, just eclipsing what the same tractor sold for 8 years ago at auction
U.S. beef exports topped $1 billion in value for the first time in a single month during August, while U.S. pork exports posted another strong month remaining ahead of the record pace established last year.
Auga says its M1 tractor can replace a 400 horsepower diesel tractor and run for up to 12 hours thanks to larger, quick-change gas cartridges.
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New Record $26,000/Acre Iowa Farmland Sale, Record Amount of Land Could Flood Market in Next 60 Days
A piece of farmland in Johnson County, Iowa, brought $26,000 per acre. One land appraiser expects the historic run in farmland values to slow as a record amount of land could enter the market in the next 60 days.
A virtual working meeting is expected before year’s end between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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Scientists advance corn genome sequencing at a frenzied pace as now 26 different lines have been mapped.
Chris Edgington, a row-crop farmer based near St. Ansgar, shares his perspective on what drives most U.S. producers today.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food prices are up 40% over the past 15 months.
With the rise in input prices, Ernie Sanders, vice president of product development at Pivot Bio, visits with Andrew McCrea about their new offering, Pivot Bio PROVEN® 40.
USTR divulges President Biden’s intentions with U.S.-China Trade Phase One while House Ag Committee’s Thompson applauds Trump and demonstrates hope in Biden.
Four growers from Illinois, Indiana, Kansas and Colorado, sound off regarding weed control in 2021.
Growth in renewable diesel could revolutionize the U.S. soybean industry.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announces a USDA loan guarantee initiative to create more and better market opportunities, promote competition and strengthen America’s food supply chain
USDA is announcing a plan that involves another $100 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Sandhills Publishing’s online auction sites, which hosts equipment and farmland auctions, were the target of a ransomware attack. As a result, sites like TractorHouse and HiBid have been offline since Friday.
U.S. soybean futures hit their lowest since December on Monday, with concerns over exports in focus after U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai pledged to press Beijing over its failure to keep trade promises.
By: Katie McWhirter, Development Manager, Premier Crop Systems
U.S. tractor maker Deere & Co and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Friday agreed on a new six-year labor contract that will be subject to a vote by the company workers.
While the supply shocks came to the 2020 final production numbers from USDA this week, Dan Basse, AgResource Company, thinks the national corn yield still has room to change for the 2021 production year.
While a good picture can be worth a thousand words, the models for photos during World Dairy Expo each year are a little different. Photojournalist Russ Hnatusko shares the glitz and the glamour of the perfect pose.
Dairy demand continues to be a bright spot for the dairy industry. While climbing costs, issues with inflation and labor woes continue to mount, demand has been the one constant the past 12 months.
The U.S. Justice Department’s acting head of Antitrust Division says labor markets were a top priority for enforcement efforts, indicating a shift toward issues set by the White House’s executive order on competition.
USDA’s September Quarterly Grain Stocks caused major market reaction after USDA raised the soybean stocks number, with one analyst calling the move “unprecedented.” As a result, soybean futures dropped double digits.
If your farm struggles with cash-flow problems, yet you are sitting on a large amount of land equity, a sale-leaseback can be a possible solution for your stressful situation.
Too much rain fueled disease pressure, double fungicide applications actually paid for themselves in some situations, and hybrid diversification was and is critical to your overall yield success.
National Health Institute Director Dr. Francis Collins stepped up to the AgriTalk microphone to share the CDC’s recommendation for the Pfizer COVID-19 booster with Host Chip Flory.
Robots swarming and taking over farm fields. Autonomous tractors planting crops with no humans in sight. The futuristic views of technology that surfaced a decade ago may be a glimpse of what’s already reality today.
An open letter to farmers from an Illinois farmer makes waves on social media.