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Caterpillar Feeding in Vip3A Cotton and Corn Raises Concerns
As Bob Dylan would put it, the bollworms, they are a-changing. Also known as the corn earworm, the cotton bollworm…
How Record Rain-soaked Spring Affected Agribusinesses
Record-breaking rains continue to vex the agricultural industry, adding hundreds of millions of dollars in costs for grain traders and…
Georgia Peach Crop in Good Shape After Two Down Years
Georgia peach farmers are feeling “peachy” about the outlook for this season’s crop, which is expected to more than double…
Livestock Grazing Seen As Key Tool to Combat Wildfire Threat
Aaron Gilliam’s home is wherever his flock takes him. Recently, that’s been at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and at…
Studies Show Soil Health Practices Increase Farm Profitability
Today, American Farmland Trust (AFT), the organization behind the national movement No Farms No Food, is releasing four case studies…
Bankruptcy Expert-Producers Need to Be Transparent With Bankers
Farmers facing financial distress are better off not kicking the can down the road, experts on farm finances said during…
Rabobank Forecasts China’s Swine Herd to Be Cut in Half by End of Year
China’s pig herd could halve by the end of 2019 from a year earlier as an epidemic of African swine…
Acreage Unknowns Create Uncertainty Around Corn Supply and Demand
As the calendar turns to August, analysts are usually focused on estimating corn yields in anticipation of USDA’s first field…
Brazil’s Pork Is Flying to China, Records Show
The combination of the African Swine Fever, which generated the slaughter of nearly 200 million hogs in China, and the…
USDA’s RMA-Prevent Plant Claims Are More Than $458 Million
USDA’s Risk Management Agency is still calculating how many prevent plant acres are out in farm country. While the Department…