TOP AG NEWS
Light at End of Shutdown Tunnel
Corn and soybean prices rallied Friday as news broke that the partial federal government shutdown would end with a three-week…
USDA Seeks Input on Wetland Determination
Farmers are reminded that updated guidelines for wetland determinations are posted and available for public input. The U.S. Department of…
Big Ag Embraces Idea of Collaboration
There it sat, a massive green S770 John Deere combine at a trade show. It’s not the first time a…
Farmers, McDonald’s Team Up For Soil Health ‘Journey’
Given lower commodity prices and high input expenses, Kevin Ross is finding it hard to pencil out adding one more…
Iowa Farmers Talk About What Crop Insurance Means to Them
National Crop Insurance Services has traveled across the country to talk to farmers and agriculture lenders on the ground to…
2019 Agricultural Outlook- Extension Updates
Recent updates from Purdue University, the University of Illinois, and Iowa State University provide a snapshot of variables impacting the U.S. agricultural economy in…
Instinct Battles Technology as Innovation, New Generation Sweep Onto Farms
History remembers little about June 22, 1969, but Dale Johnson does. That’s the day he went from being a teenager…
Farm Groups Join Business Lobbies in Calling for Steel, Aluminum Tariffs to End
A number of farm groups joined a larger business effort to urge the Trump administration to end the tariffs on…
What’s Behind Rising E85 Use?
A farmdoc daily article last week (January 16, 2019) examined the available data on E85 usage to see if it was negatively…
They Built a New Way to Sell and Buy Fresh Produce
Josh Whitlock and Jacob Shepherd believe the fresh produce industry could use another way to handle business. Whitlock and Shepherd,…