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Bayer aims for Roundup reset
Bayer has to win some trials or get some of the first three verdicts reduced or thrown out on appeal in cases regarding Roundup causing cancer. By Joel RosenblattAs Bayer AG girds for two more trials...
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Farm Progress America, January 30, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about feral hog problems. Southern farmers have told Max about feral hog problems for a long time. And the problem continues to spread north, like in Washington, Michigan and New...
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7 more hemp plans approved
USDA approves hemp plans from states of Delaware, Nebraska, Texas and four tribes. USDA has approved 7 additional hemp production plans.On Jan. 27, the agency announced the approval of plans for the...
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Pork leadership announced
154 pork leaders appointed to National Pork Producers Delegate Body. 154 producers and five importers have been appointed to the 2020 National Pork Producers Delegate Body.Delegates meet annually to...
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Devlin, Mold to lead Annie's Project
Annie’s Project Education for Farm Women is nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education for farm women. Dr. Karisha Devlin and Doris Mold are the new joint Chief Executive Officers for the...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Jan. 30, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about evidence of sharks, farm accidents, a newspaper company sale and support for the Kansas City Chiefs. Evidence has been found that there were once sharks in Kentucky.Minnesota...
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Corteva shifting focus to Enlist
Over five year phase-in, company will reduce volume of products with Roundup traits while ramping up Enlist weed control system. Corteva, Inc. is accelerating the ramp-up of Enlist E3 soybeans to U.S....
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EPA rules glyphosate is safe
EPA finds glyphosate is not carcinogenic and requires additional target measures. After a review of the best available science, as required under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Jan. 30, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about a GM pickup recall, expanded hemp rules, Les Wexner and taking away a goldfish reward. There's an update for a recall from GM, in 2019 Chevy and GM pickups for electronic...
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Coronavirus not impacting U.S. economy
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says phase one trade deal with China will pay dividends. By Max ReyesThe U.S. hasn’t seen any major effects on its economy from the coronavirus epidemic, and...
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5 ways to improve water quality in streams
Salute Soil Health: Here are practices you can implement this year. Whether it’s hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico or algae in Lake Erie, water quality is often in the news. While not all problems lie at...
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ADM reports $504 million net earnings
ADM reports earnings for quarter ended Dec. 31, 2019, issues dividend of 36 cents per share. ADM reported fourth quarter earnings per share of 90 cents per share on Jan. 29. Earnings were $1.42 per...
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Ballad of a girl named Susie
Hayhurst’s Hayloft: Poems and notes from people in your past live forever. Rifling through old files always nets a good memory. My late boss and editor of “The Purdue Alumnus” magazine with the Purdue...
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Neonicotinoid review moves ahead
EPA issues proposed interim decisions for neonicotinoid pesticides. EPA is taking the next step in its regulatory review of neonicotinoid pesticides - a group of insecticides used on a wide variety of...
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7 ag stories you might have missed this week - Jan. 31, 2020
Roundup, an African swine fever vaccine and a rise in farm bankruptcies in the news. Missed some ag news this week? Here's seven stories to check out.1. Bayer is trying to reverse the momentum of...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Jan. 31, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about the coronavirus and SARS, a request for a presidential candidate, soybean futures prices and community support for a veteran. There've been comparisons drawn between...
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It's Brexit Day
Scotland looking at options to break away from U.K. and rejoin the EU. By Alastair ReedAs jubilant Brexit supporters gather to celebrate the U.K.’s departure from the European Union, Scotland is...
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Bayer responds to EPA's favorable ruling
EPA declares it “did not identify any human health risks from exposure to glyphosate" in Interim Registration Review Decision. The EPA's favorable conclusion about the safety of glyphosate in its...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Jan. 31, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about NCBA and Dan Meers, the man behind the mask of K.C. Wolf. One of the biggest ag gatherings of the year is next week, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, at San...
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Purdue Ag Economics recognizes Howard Doster
Doster visits the Top Farmer workshop, which he helped create, and receives an award. A fixture in Purdue University Extension Ag Economics returned to the 2020 Top Farmer workshop, hosted by Purdue...
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