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Cover crops marketed as low-tech weapon against climate change
Latest USDA Ag Census finds that from 2012 to 2017, cover crop acreage increased 50% nationally By Denitsa Tsekova and Michael HirtzerIn a tough year for farmers, North Dakota’s Dennis Haugen is a...
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America’s Pig Farmer of the Year finalists announced
Through Aug. 27, the public can vote once a day per email address for their favorite finalist at AmericasPigFarmer.com. The National Pork Board recently announced the four finalists vying to be named...
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RMA will defer interest accrual for spring 2019 crop insurance premiums
If crop insurance premium not paid by Nov. 30, interest begins on Dec. 1, calculated from the date of the premium billing noticeUSDA’s Risk Management Agency will defer accrual of interest for all...
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Nurturing feed demand by teaching feed industry professionals
U.S. Grains Council partners with Tunisian National Institute for Agronomy to improve feed production techniques A Tunisian delegation this month completed a two-week short course designed to train...
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Farm Progress America, August 16, 2019
Max Armstrong shares a preview of a unique way farmers can evaluate soil health on their farm. Max Armstrong offers insight on a unique way to demonstrate a farm’s soil health. The Illinois Corn...
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7 ag stories you might have missed this week - Aug. 16, 2019
Bearish Aug. 12 report, turning eastern Kentucky into high-tech ag capital and Trump dumps on wheat Need a quick catch up on the news? Here are seven agricultural stories you might have missed this...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Aug. 16, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about deteriorating credit conditions, beef processing nightmare in Kansas and jumping earthworms. Rural bankers say credit conditions are still deteriorating. A beef packing plant...
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Deere's shares jump amid vow to lower costs
U.S. growers are shying from major purchases as the U.S.-China trade war stretches into a second year By Lydia MulvanyDeere & Co.’s shares jumped after it pledged to lower its costs and offered an...
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Prepare for propane
With grain drying, weather is always the wild card, but experts say supply lines are better prepared than ever for a big fall drying season. As the 2019 harvest draws near, farmers across the Midwest...
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This Week in Agribusiness, August 17, 2019
Max Armstrong and Orion Samuelson get a detailed look at the markets with Richard Brock and talk with a variety of ag experts at fairs around the Midwest. Part 1Note: The video automatically plays...
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EPA awards $7.5 million to fund water quality projects
Grants focus on farmer-driven efforts to improve water quality in Gulf of Mexico watershed The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency anticipates awarding seven Gulf of Mexico Division cooperative...
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Look at landowner personality to select lease type
If you understand the personalities involved, you can determine the type of lease that would work best. By Darrell Boone Experts in farm leasing say that over the long haul, landowner returns...
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Great place for a share lease
Sometimes a share lease is still the best option. By Darrell Boone A.J. Jordan, a longtime farm manager with Halderman Farm Management and Real Estate, Wabash, Ind., says that while the great...
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Time for open conversations about mental health in ag
If there’s a stigma attached to mental health issues, it needs to disappear! If you farm, work for a farmer or work in agriculture and you haven’t felt stressed this year, maybe you’re not being...
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Equipment sales slump
U.S. 4-wheel-drive tractor sales decreased 4.7% in July compared to last year and U.S. July self-propelled combines decreased 25.9% Sales of self-propelled combines, 4-wheel-drive tractors and total...
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Follow these directions to FPS19
The Farm Progress Show is coming up, Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. Farm Progress Show management and state and local officials have designed traffic routes to the show near Decatur, Ill., that should...
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Farm Progress America, August 19, 2019
Max Armstrong offers a look at a program funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to connect youth to agriculture Max Armstrong shares insight on the work of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to...
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Recognize value in monitoring same spots in field
Corn Watch: Modern technology makes it possible to return to the same spots throughout the season to see how a crop is progressing. Finding the same spot where you’ve been before in a cornfield is a...
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Simplifying vegetable plant breeding with RateRvAr
Developed at Cornell, the open-source software can help streamline breeding decisions. By Melanie LefkowitzBroccoli is in the eye of the beholder.A head of broccoli that might appeal to one person —...
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80% of high school students believe ag science ed is important
Science Matters survey finds lack of awareness of science careers in agriculture A 2019 survey by Bayer in collaboration with the National 4-H Council found that low awareness of career options in...
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