TOP AG NEWS
China Purchases U.S. Soybeans, and U.S.-China Trade Talks Conclude
As trade talks between the U.S. and China kicked off this week in Beijing, news reports pointed out that China “made their…
USDA to Extend MFP Enrollment
Farmers who had waited to enroll in the Market Facilitation Program will get a deadline extension once USDA Farm Service…
President Trump, Fed Chairman Powell and Marketing Outlook
Does friction really exist between President Trump and Fed Chairman Powell? Not really, but media noise has been intense. Given global…
Multi-County Enterprise Unit-A New Unit for Insuring Single Crops
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced the availability of a multi-county enterprise unit beginning with the 2019 cropping year.…
Ag Barometer Weakened in December
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer declined moderately in December to 127, which was 7 points below the index’s value one…
Series of West Coast Storms to Continue
The next in a series of winter storms aimed at the West Coast was gathering strength in the coastal Pacific…
China Gives Long-awaited GM Crop Approvals Amid U.S. Trade Talks
China approved five genetically modified (GM) crops for import on Tuesday, the first in about 18 months in a move…
You Can’t Handle the Truth-10 Things Agtech Needs to Admit
As I sit here pondering what is the next big thing needed for digital ag/precision ag/agtech/digital farming…..blah blah blah, it…
Pork Industry-Some Recovery from Decade Low Prices
The U.S. pork industry has been expanding the breeding herd and growing since mid-2014. The rate of breeding herd expansion…
Not Much Profit Projected in Crops this Year
There isn’t much good news in North Dakota State University Extension Service’s annual crop budgets. Corn doesn’t show a positive return…