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Work continues on cleaning up from Hurricane Ida with logistical problems remaining for moving grains. Now, Risk Management Solutions is estimating total insured losses between $31 billion and $44 billion.
President Biden recently pledged to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% by the end of the decade. The commitment could impact agriculture, but work is already underway in the cattle sector to reduce cattle manure.
Even with inflationary and labor pressures impacting the U.S. dairy herd, USDA’s latest check of the dairy balance sheet shows the forecast for lower production this month, but higher production for the year.
China’s wheat imports hit the highest level in two decades, currently accounting for 19% of global consumption. The U.S. supplied 3 million metric tons of wheat imports during the last marketing year, or a 28% share.
Jon Stevens is an agriculture heretic: “Don’t argue with me about the awesome changes I’ve seen on my ground. You can argue with my logic and how I arrived there, but not the results.”
As USDA continues efforts to expand CRP program to help meet climate goals, one Kansas State economist is also looking into what the expansion of CRP means for commodity prices.
Meteorologist Mike Hoffman says much of the Midwest will see dry weather for a few days.
Meteorologist Matt Engelbrecht has an update on the chances for rain in the East, along with cooler conditions in the Midwest.
Meteorologist Matt Engelbrecht takes a look at some other rain chances for parts of the country.
In operation since 1943, Iowa State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student managed AG 450 Farm demonstrates what it takes to run a 600 acre farm.