BUSINESS
Is agriculture exempt from the permitting requirements of the Clean Water Act? Growers will have to wait a while longer for an answer to that question following a $1.1 million settlement in a landmark case this week.
Are farmers protected by the agricultural practices exemption of the Clean Water Act? That is the centerpiece of a court hearing getting underway in California.
There wasn’t anything to get excited about in regard to USDA’s monthly WASDE and Crop Production reports. Though, that was to be expected, says Jerry Gulke, president of The Gulke Group.
Jamie Walter, CEO and president of Whiskey Acres, was in search of ways to diversify his family’s 2,000-acre corn and soybean operation when inspiration hit: What if they used their grain as a feature ingredient in premium spirits such as vodka, whiskey and bourbon? In 2011, they decided to see if they could make an on-farm distillery work.
Controversial ballot measure passes with margin of 2,528 votes out of nearly 1 million cast.
Calculations show corn is the more profitable crop in Illinois into late-May.
While landowners welcome the news, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Craig Dobbins said it should signal caution for potential buyers.
Corn and soybeans have been far more volatile than other commodities, such as oil and even the stock market, and that may be the harbinger of more to come.
Corn and soybean prices got an early boost from USDA’s Crop Production report released Oct. 11, even though grains took a beating the following day.
Here’s a look at what writers across the country said about that issue, along with crop chemicals and commodity swaps, this weekend.
While crude oil prices have fluctuated in a narrow range this winter, natural gas prices have plummeted.
Volatile weather patterns are likely to persist in 2012.
Many questions surround the availability of trading funds from MF Global account holders.
Higher fertilizer costs continue the trend of higher production costs for corn, leading to higher break-even corn prices necessary to cover costs.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana, will be resurveyed.
Be ready for changes when you visit your crop insurance agent this year.
Capacity of off-farm commercial grain storage in the United States totaled 9.74 billion bushels on December 2010, up 3% from December 2009.
The 800-mile-long Trans Alaska Pipeline System transports around 15% of the U.S. crude oil production. It’s closed with no estimate of reopening.
Duane Alberts and his brothers David and Richard were in the eye of the 2013 maelstrom that left thousands of acres of Minnesota and Wisconsin alfalfa dead from winterkill.
Alfalfa and hay supplies are key this year—a building U.S. cattle herd, long-term diminishing forage acreage, water constraints in the West, drought and rising exports will support hay prices in 2014.
Four Nebraska farmers are demanding compensation from the state because it diverted irrigation water away from their crops to comply with the Republican River Compact.
Genetically modified alfalfa available; tips for negotiating with buyers; new executive ag seminar for women
A hay fire is imminent if you detect these signs in your hay storage area
•Because most fires occur within six weeks of hay baling, be sure to monitor your bales daily during that time.
For more than a decade, the Farm Journal Test Plots has varied corn populations and nitrogen rates to respond to natural management zones in the field. In 2012, the crew added variable-rate irrigation to its site-specific farming portfolio.