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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, June 16, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about retail sales, corn crop condition, COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, utility worker scams and peregrine falcons. Retail sales are important to the economy. May showed an 18%...
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More than $2.9 billion paid through CFAP
USDA has paid more than $1.4 billion to livestock producers as part of COVID-19 assistance program; program signup continues through Aug. 28. As of June 15, USDA's Farm Service Agency has processed...
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More than $2.2 billion in food purchased
USDA food purchases were made through USDA's Food Purchase and Distribution Program and go to nutrition programs. USDA has purchased more than $2.2 billion of meat, fruits, vegetables, specialty crops...
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Apply for ASA Conservation Legacy Award
The awards recognize farm management practices of U.S. soybean farmers that are both environmentally friendly and profitable. Are you using a reduced tillage practice on your farm? Do you grow cover...
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For dicamba alternatives, timing and coverage matter
Weed Scientist Todd Baughman discusses weed management with and without dicamba in cotton and soybeans. Timing and coverage are "critical," as cotton and soybean growers look to alternative dicamba...
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Farm Progress America, June 17, 2020
Max Armstrong offers a look at one part of the food industry hardest hit by restaurant closings – premium foods Max Armstrong talks "premium" foods, which have plunged around the world with the...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, June 17, 2020
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about face mask requirements, abuse investigation at U of MI, the firing of a coach at U of IA and a black bear in a corn field. If you're traveling, you may...
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Grower coalition files amicus brief in dicamba case
Grower groups say 64 million acres of dicamba-tolerant seed is in the ground with no viable weed control alternative. The American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, National Cotton...
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Farm Progress Show 2020 is a 'GO' in Boone, Iowa
In response to farmer and exhibitor interest, Farm Progress Show will proceed as planned, Sept. 1-3, 2020 with enhanced health and safety. For more than 65 years, farmers have turned to the Farm...
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Chief U.S. trade negotiator downplays prospect of U.K., EU trade deals
USTR Robert Lighthizer told House Ways and Means Committee that U.S. and EU have made "very little" headway on trade agreement. By Bryce BaschukAmerica’s top trade negotiator downplayed expectations...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, June 17, 2020
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about inappropriate comments from a politician, face masks, a woman who tried to kill her children and a black bear in a corn field. Nebraska's Democratic...
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Bring back field days so everyone can learn
Virtual learning has its place, but it isn’t a replacement for traditional methods. Some predict the world will forever be more virtual after our experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic. People were...
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Rebates offered on grain carts, wagons
U.S. manufacturer provides incentive to make grain transportation more affordable. Equipment companies are scrambling to encourage growers to take a closer look at their products during trying times...
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General Mills launches third regenerative ag pilot
General Mills will work with three dairy farms in western Michigan that collectively manage more than 14,000 acres. General Mills has announced the start of a three-year regenerative dairy pilot in...
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Tips to reduce heat stress in livestock
Heat stress costs dairy and beef producers hundreds of millions each year. Proactive measures implemented before an extreme heat event can reduce immediate and long-term impacts of heat stress in...
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33 appointed to EPA committee
The Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Committee will give input on how EPA's decision's impact rural America. Thirty-three members have been appointed to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities...
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Farm Progress America, June 18, 2020
Max Armstrong offers insight on the presidential questionnaire used by the American Farm Bureau Federation in an election year Max Armstrong shares that the American Farm Bureau Federation wants to...
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New global crop protection group forms
Syngenta Group brings together Syngenta, Adama and ag activities of Sinochem A global seed and crop protection group has formed and is laying claim to significant market position but maintains a...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, June 18, 2020
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about school in the fall, the heartland virus, hunting rights and more. Will schools open for students in the fall?The heartland virus is a tick virus that's...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, June 18, 2020
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about the killing of George Floyd, a Facebook post causing a cafe closure, a drug bust and parents honoring their military child. Prosecutors have changed the...
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