News
Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Biofuel groups celebrated a victory in winning most of their demands in a drawn-out fight over refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
A viewer has a question for John Phipps about “missing acres” in USDA’s report, but as he explains in John’s World, the bigger issues are being missed.
Winter manure applications in Michigan can be very beneficial for farmers and the environment if managed to reduce risk of runoff.
Policy issues will be front and center at the World Meat Congress.
By Nov. 1, landowners and farmers in Minnesota must have buffer strips—consisting of 16½ feet in width of perennial vegetation—in place around both sides of any public ditches on their land.
President Donald Trump risks triggering a “depression” in the nation’s rural areas if he withdraws from NAFTA, Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said in Feb 2018.
Ahead of the Thursday House farm bill vote host Chip Flory brings in House Ag Chairman Rep. Mike Conaway (R- Texas). Also joining the show is USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey, and Dennis Slater, president of AEM.
The House of Representatives rejected an immigration bill known as “the Ag Act” (H.R. 4760) on a 193-231 vote Thursday. The conservative bill, sponsored by Congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia.
Sen. Chuck Grassley joins AgriTalk to kick off the week. He and host Chip Flory talk about the farm bill, EPA, and Trump trade policies. Machinery Pete gives his latest from the auction block and the Pick of the Week.
Matt Campbell with FC Stone talks host Chip Flory off the ledge after a rough day with the markets. Cary Artac of Artac Advisories updates his weekly charts and Davis Michaelsen covers the news.
Lab-grown meat startups that rely on animal cells to produce beef, poultry and seafood products have caught the eye of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which has begun the process of regulating the industry.
As the farm bill vote remains on the waiting list, there is strong divide over tying work requirements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that’s creating a hostile environment in the House.
The Trump administration is monitoring the situation and plans to take necessary action to shelter farmers from taking the brunt of trade negotiation fallout.
Despite trade obstacles, the U.S. pork industry will vigorously defend its share of Mexico’s growing pork market and continue to pursue new opportunities for U.S. pork products in Mexico.
The Trump administration will announce as early as Monday that it’s imposing a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, which Beijing has already said it will retaliate against.
Headlines have declared that the Texas Farm Bureau has banned all Nike apparel for its staff . The Texas Farm Bureau, however, says that’s not quite right.
In late August, (USDA) released details of rumored payments to farmers to offset market losses from the various trade wars currently underway. The payments are based on actual 2018 production, but only half, 50%.
The proposed border wall between Mexico and the United States threatens to cut through a ranch that has belonged to the Cavazos family for 250 years.
The U.S. has so far imposed tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, with Beijing retaliating in kind. Now, President Trump appears ready to up the ante to $200 billion.
Red meat exports in the first half of 2018 were a cause of celebration for U.S. livestock producers—and kept prices afloat during expansion.
Navigating NAFTA 2.0 progress has been a game of “wait and see.” Now, leaders from both Mexico and the United States say they may be ready to strike a deal without Canada.
News that one of the top U.S. tractor companies is dropping made-in-China products should be music to the Trump administration’s ears -- except for the fact that it’s replacing them with machines made in Brazil.
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is urging the Missouri Clean Water Commission to deny the feedlot expansion request for Valley Oaks Steak Co.
AgDay’s national reporter Betsy Jibben talks with Don Close of Rabo AgriFinance and Peter Zeihan, a Geopolitical Strategist and Author.
Four-legged Woody saved the day when Joe Sheeran’s life flashed before his eyes. Pinned beneath a cow, he thought it was all over until his 8-month-old Australian Shepherd came to his rescue.
Congressional Democrats remain opposed to President Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion dollars to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Prospective Plantings report, combined with the quarterly Grain Stocks report showed the U.S. has too much of everything, says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
The average trade estimate is 91.332 million acres for corn, 86.169 million soybean acres, 46.915 million wheat acres, according to a poll by Reuters.
EPA says it has surveyed Superfund sites in flooded areas of Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri.