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Small U.S. Winter Wheat Crop Likely
American farmers have likely planted another small winter wheat crop, says an industry official. U.S. Growers seeded 32.5 million acres…
Soybeans Beat Trendline Yields Nationwide, Corn Variable
Farmers are proving they can do more with less as national corn and soybean yield averages climb year after year.…
Shutdown Moves in Congress
Ten Republicans joined House Democrats on Thursday to pass a fiscal year 2019 Agriculture appropriations bill. The legislation is not…
USDA Delays Deadline for Aid to Offset Tariffs
Farmers already reeling from low prices and uncertainty amid the nation’s trade dispute with China are welcoming a decision to…
Time to Tame ‘Wicked’ Problem of Resistant Weeds
Herbicide resistance is a technological problem, a biological problem, a behavioral problem and a “wicked” problem, according to University of…
Trade, Fake Meat and Deregulation Focus for NCBA
Each year at the Cattle Industry Convention hosted by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), there is a focus on…
Farmers See Lack of Data, Loan Access as Another Layer of Uncertainty
As the president and congressional Democrats keep fighting over border wall funding, farmers are feeling the impacts of the partial…
Harvest, Trade Woes Weigh on Attitudes
Anyone wondering how long, wet and miserable the 2018 fall harvest was only has to peer at the results of…
EPA Reports it Is Committed to Higher Ethanol Blends in Summer
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it would complete a rule to boost sales of higher-ethanol blends of…
Roberts Continues to Chair Senate Ag Committee
Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts will retain his gavel as he leads the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, during…