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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 D.C. Circuit Court handed the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) a win in its last battle with the Trump Administration over waivers to the Renewable Fuels Standard.
President Joe Biden’s trade team is coming together, and it looks to be stacked with individuals who were key in crafting the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman calls on returning USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to be assertive on climate change policy.
The nitrogen-fixing power of soybeans is a dream for corn and other crops – but what if you could harness that power through microbes? Sound Agriculture is introducing SOURCE that claims to do just that.
What you did this past fall, what you’re doing this spring and the plans you’re making for the summer will make a huge difference in the combine at the end of the year.
“Farmers used to have to choose between legacy accounting software or applications that weren’t built specifically for farming,” says Brian Stark.
The rebuilt/retrofit factor in the used planter market has been huge the past 18 to 24 months.
As President Joe Biden took office Wednesday, one former Secretary of Agriculture thinks a Biden Administration and USDA will focus more on helping craft a farm bill that focuses on conservation.
Some farmers have one tool worth more than their grandfather’s entire tool inventory. Modern equipment is so big, it takes expensive tools to do even simple maintenance and repairs.
With three modes of action that provide corn rootworm control, Bayer’s SmartStax Pro will hit the market at a time when corn rootworm resistance is top-of-mind.
Prior to Bt technologies farmers lost $1 billion annually to CRW—in the form of chemical costs or actual yield loss. With resistance to traits on the rise, it might nibble its way back to a billion-dollar price tag.
With renewed focus on no-till and reduced tillage, how can you experience the greatest financial and positive environmental impact? Do you have to cut back on tillage every acre to maximize the benefits?
Following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States, agriculture industry leaders congratulated Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
With enthusiasm from favorable market prices at a high, many farmers are wondering if it’s time to consider corn-on-corn or soybean-on-soybeans. Ken Ferrie says important to understand the agronomic challenges of each.
Tyson Foods has agreed to pay a settlement of $221.5 million in the broiler chicken antitrust civil price-fixing lawsuit, according to filings Tuesday in federal court in Chicago.
Michigan farmer Michael Stamp was sentenced to eight years in prison this week. A federal indictment filed in 2017 accused Stamp of federal crop insurance fraud and bankruptcy fraud.
In the Trump Administration’s final hours, the EPA granted two small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and appears to have reversed a previous denial.
In summary, the lawsuit alleges crop input manufacturers, large wholesalers and retailers have created an unfair market for farmers.
Decatur, Mich. farmer Mike Stamp faces a 14 count indictment stemming from his 2012 bankruptcy, including federal crop insurance fraud.
As President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn in Wednesday, renewable fuels groups are focused on what a new administration will mean for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
Ethanol demand continues to be a question in 2021. USDA cut its ethanol demand estimate in the latest WASDE report, a move with which some analysts disagree. USDA’s Chief Economist explains the latest adjustments.
From the unpredictability with trade to easing of regulations, the past four years have been a whirlwind with farmers, ranchers and policy experts looking back at the Trump Administration’s impact on agriculture.
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Written by: Brenton Rossman, Retail Account Lead for Premier Crop Systems
USDA revealed this week the soybean stocks to use scenario is record tight for this time of year. Analysts explain why that could create even higher prices in the months ahead.
MN Millennial Farmer’s YouTube videos have been viewed 163 million times. Now, he’s using his social media platform to give back to rural fire departments by raising $60,000.
USDA is making available more than $2 billion in additional CFAP funding.
Across central Virginia in 2020, American Farmland Trust tested a Sustainable Grazing Pilot Project designed to help livestock producers adopt regenerative farm and ranch management practices.
USDA announced the release of $2.3 billion in leftover funds from the first and second rounds of the Coronavirus Food Aid Program (CFAP) on Friday, most of it to benefit contract hog and poultry producers.