TOP AG NEWS
FEEDD Act Would Offer Relief to Livestock Producers
Mother Nature hasn’t been kind to farmers and ranchers in the Dakotas and the surrounding states. The year 2019 has…
USDA Confirms Silage Corn Can Be Planted On Prevent Plant Acres
This week, farmers in much of the eastern Corn Belt will be eligible to plant cover crops as the late-plant…
Farm Sector Working Capital at Critical Levels
Sector level working capital is one of the most straightforward and useful indicators of farm sector financial conditions. Sector level…
Cover Crops and Prevent Planting in 2019
Many farmers will soon be considering whether to plant cover crops on prevent plant acres. If prevent planting payments are…
Area in U.S. in Drought at Historic Low
Mother Nature always seems to have a trick or two up her sleeve. Typically, the prevalent weather-related problem for farmers…
Willis-Future Crop Insurance Needs ‘Unique’ Approaches
The issues farmers and policymakers hope crop insurance can address in the future will be more difficult than in the…
Agricultural Professionals Expect Lower Land Values and Stable Crop Prices
Over 270 agricultural professionals attended the 2019 ISU Soil Management Land Valuation (SMLV) Conference this past May. This is the…
At Tractor Ride, Ag Secretary Discusses Prevented Planting Coverage, Ethanol Policy
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Sunday told farmers gathered for an annual tractor ride that USDA plans to increase the…
USDA Weekly Crop Progress
Ninety-six percent of the corn that farmers intend to plant this year — on those acres that were still farmable…
U.S. Crop Tour Suggests Lots of Last-minute Planting in the East
Corn and soybean planting is usually nearing completion in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio by early June. But these major producing…