Farm Business - General
Contrary to popular opinion in the world of corn farming, startling new data shows that the variability in cornstalks is actually greater in higher-yielding corn acres rather than lower-yielding tracts.
The number of active fires is close to 50, and drought conditions aren’t helping.
Patrick Montgomery is in the business of delivering customers the best steaks they’ll ever eat. Along the way, he may have just created the best hot dog anyone has ever tasted as well.
During periods of rising corn and soybean prices, costs of fertilizer, pesticides, and other inputs rise in tandem.
What happens when wild pigs are given 1,000 tons of groceries per day in the form of landfill trash? Expect a ticking time bomb, and quite possibly, a $50 billion blow to the entire U.S. pork industry.
As farmers approach retirement, their income can spike and this can cause their Medicare Premiums to increase and the increase can be dramatic.
The National Restaurant Association says wholesale food prices remain on track to post their largest annual increase since 2014.
A reader asked for more details on how to appeal an Income Related Monthly Amount Adjustment (IRMAA) and we provide the details.
John Phipps says the two questions he gets from younger farmers are 1) How do I get into farming? And 2) How do I get Dad out? John says the topics are not unrelated and gives some insight in Customer Support.
CRP acres often follow market forces, according to research from Farmer Mac. As such, today’s high cash grain prices may dissuade producers from enrolling acreage in CRP programs.