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Weekend positives for U.S.-China trade war
China announces new guidelines aimed at stopping intellectual property theft By Shawn DonnanA cold westerly wind blew through Beijing on Sunday and rid the city of the acrid gray muck that had hung...
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No. 1 revelation from 2019 crop season
Corn Illustrated: Treat the crop like a crop and it will still respond. You’ve seen stories about whether you can learn lessons from 2019. The consensus seems to be that there were probably more...
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Allis-Chalmers WC filled need in its day
Tractor Treasures: This tractor competed against horses. Compared to earlier models produced by Allis-Chalmers, the WC began to show what the “modern” row crop tractor would look like. Some versions...
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Submit your RFS comments by Nov. 29, 2019
NCGA, NFU say Trump supports farmers and EPA needs to follow the law The deadline to submit comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard's 2020...
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Make hay in a hurry with these haymaking tools
What’s New From the Shows: Companies offer products to help you make hay. Farm Progress staffAre your hay tools ready for mowing, raking, tedding and baling in 2020? Or are you ready to find a new...
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10 semi-finalists announced in Ag Innovation Challenge
National business competition is focused on rural entrepreneurs launching food and agriculture businesses. The 10 semi-finalist teams in the 2020 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge have been...
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Congressional staffers visit Maryland farm
Soil health was focus of visit to Harborview Farms U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committee staff learned more about soil health management practices at a Harborview Farms field day.“This field day...
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Sharing seeds critical to global food system
Making seeds to withstand climate change Is getting harder. By Virginia GewinGlobal hunger and malnutrition are on the rise, as are temperatures and water shortages. Humanity must adapt crops to the...
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USDA rules on hemp pose challenges for growers
Oregon senators and farmers across the country are asking for changes to draft hemp regulations announced by USDA in October. In late October, USDA released draft rules for testing the hallucinogen...
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Farm Progress America, November 26, 2019
Max Armstrong shares more insight on those White House turkeys, including an important fact about how they were raised Max Armstrong offers more information about the turkeys headed to the White House...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Nov. 26, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about Thanksgiving travel, snow storms, carcass sale disclosures, Goshen Health lawsuit and gold coins in kettles. Are you traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday? More than 55...
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Company announces new flow meter registers
McCrometer Inc., adds new feature to product suite McCrometer, Inc., a globally recognized flow meter manufacturer, recently announced the newest feature to their agriculture product suite:...
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Wise words, in nugget form
From farming to parenting, sometimes the best advice arrives tucked in a story. My oldest and I were gathered around the kitchen counter last week talking about the CEO program she’s in, where she and...
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New tool expands tillage options for U.S. growers
Hi-Tech Farming: Case IH introduces a high-speed disk that fits both fall and spring tillage needs. Case IH will introduce the Speed-Tiller 465/475 high-speed disk to U.S. farmers in 2020. It’s...
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So, you think you’re having a bad day …
Potbelly Stove Stories: See if you can top this series of unfortunate events. Our dairy operation had been in the family for many years. Why would a family choose dairy farming over any other life?...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Nov. 26, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about the trucking industry, trade talks and trade impacts with China, and what may, or may not, have been a food at the first Thanksgiving. The trucking industry isn't doing so...
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9 steps to protect yourself from chronic wasting disease in deer
According to the CDC, no CWD infections have been reported in people. The detection of chronic wasting disease in wild deer this year has some deer hunters wondering whether they should continue with...
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Program helps make startups real
The AgXtend program at CNH Industrial is partnering with promising new tools to help them come to market. The startup world is full of its share of incubators. Those are groups of fledgling companies...
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Farm Progress America, November 27, 2019
Max Armstrong looks at an annual study that's opening opportunities for farmers to talk to consumers Max Armstrong shares news of the annual Farm Bureau survey of the cost of a Thanksgiving meal,...
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Trump says China deal in 'final throes'
The process is going 'very well' though he told one broadcaster he was holding up the deal to ensure better terms President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that talks with China on the first phase of a...
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