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Perspectives on 2019 Corn and Soybean Acres-Impact of Prevent Plant
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture released county acreages for crops and prevent plantings based…
$1 Billion of Prevented Planting Payments Have Been Made So Far to Farmers
Farmers have been paid well over $1 billion in prevented planting indemnities so far and that number “is going up…
Eastern Corn Belt Yield Forecasts Break Sharply From USDA
Corn yields in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio could be 12% to 15% below USDA’s forecasts from earlier this week, according…
USDA Using Flexibility to Assist Farmers, Ranchers in Flooded Areas
WASHINGTON, D.C. August 15, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced it will…
Prepare to harvest high-moisture corn
University of Missouri Extension ag engineer shares six combine adjustments to make before harvest. Adjusted properly, a combine can handle…
CT dairy farms say they need state’s help
Statewide, there are less than 100 dairy farms, about 55 to 60 fewer than a decade ago Connecticut dairy farmers…
Soaking Up a Report
Like many farmers, Scott Wallis had a hard time swallowing the August Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand…
Why So Many PP ‘Corn’ Acres?
It may be obvious to anyone who filled out their own Farm Service Agency (FSA) acreage maps this year, but…
USDA Reports Review
The USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for August was a shock, with corn acreage, yield and production well above pre-report expectations, which sent corn to limit losses.
U.S. Backtracks on Some Chinese Tariffs Until December
On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced that some recently announced tariffs on Chinese imports would be postponed until December.