TOP AG NEWS
The White Combine-A Farmer’s Worst Nightmare
The big white combine got its name from, you guessed it, a hailstorm that destroys or severely damages a farmer’s…
Revisiting Corn Use for Ethanol
Stronger export numbers and lower acreage boosted corn prices since the end of June. Concerns about demand weakness in ethanol…
Hog Industry Faces Financial Disaster
Hog producers currently are holding on to about 1.1 million animals that should have been slaughtered already. The number could…
Kansas City Fed-Agricultural Financing Activity Slowed in Second Quarter
In an update last week from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (“Agricultural Lending Consistently Slower“), Nathan Kauffman and Ty Kreitman stated that,…
Lawmaker Says Dairy Safety Net Is Best of All Commodities
Dairy producers and other farmers across the country struggled with crashing commodity prices early on in the Coronavirus pandemic. While…
USDA Announces Improvements to the Livestock Gross Margin Insurance Program for Cattle and Swine
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced changes to the Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) insurance program for cattle and swine…
Companies Ask Ninth Circuit Court to Re-Hear Dicamba Case
BASF and Corteva Agriscience continue the fight to preserve postemergent dicamba use. The two companies are contesting the results of…
Will China Corn Buying Spree Lift Prices?
The U.S. corn market recently received a welcome boost from the demand side as China came shopping in a rather…
USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
The condition of the U.S. soybean crop rose slightly last week while the condition of corn was unchanged, USDA NASS…
$1.25 Million in Grant Funds Available to Assist Small Michigan Farms
As a result of high demand for the Michigan Agricultural Safety Grant program, and a clear need to help small…