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Floods Demonstrate Importance of Crop Insurance
As floods pummel the Midwest, NAWG extends its support and consideration to those farmers and ranchers who are facing the…
Anticipating March 1 Corn Stocks
The USDA releases an estimate of corn stocks in storage as of March 1. The Quarterly Grain Stocks estimate provides insight into…
High Waters Remain-Rains Later This Week Could Exacerbate Flooding
Farmers who lost grain in their bins during historic floods won’t see any kind of indemnity unless Congress includes it…
Flood Cleanup Requires Care
As people clean up after floodwater recedes in some Midwest locations, health care professionals remind people they still need to…
Disaster Aid Bill Facing a Tricky Path
A battle over funding for Puerto Rico is complicating the path forward for a long-delayed disaster aid bill that’s a…
Flooded Corn Must Be Destroyed, Not Sold
“Chapters in books and entire books will be written about this (Midwest March flood) tragedy,” says Keith Glewen, an educator…
Dairy Producers Previously Enrolled in the Livestock Gross Margin Program Now Eligible for 2018 Margin Protection Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that dairy producers who elected to participate in the Livestock Gross Margin…
Floods Shut Down Nearly a Sixth of U.S. Ethanol Production
Massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest has knocked out roughly 13 percent of the nation’s ethanol production capacity, as plants…
Farmland Values and Debt: Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska
Today’s update looks briefly at how relatively steady farmland values are impacting farm financial variables, and then discusses recent developments relating…
Spring of Uncertainty Faces Nebraska Farmers and Ranchers
After some of the most destructive weather in the history of the state, many Nebraska farmers and ranchers are facing…