The latest news from the agricultural sector
2022-06-15
Nominations Now Open for the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
Today, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) announced the public call for nominations to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The committee will... Read more
2022-06-15
Crop Progress: Corn Planting Nears End, Soybeans at 87% Planted
For the week ending May 29, 2022, there were 4.5 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 12% very short, 26%... Read more
2022-06-15
Texas Farm Credit Named Recipient of nCino Financial Services Impact Award for Innovation
Texas Farm Credit, a rural lending cooperative, has been awarded a Financial Services Impact Award for innovation by nCino, a pioneer in cloud banking and digital transformation solutions for the... Read more
2022-06-15
Clay Maps for Potassium Management: Help Improve Minnesota’s Fertilizer Guidelines With Soil Samples From Your County
We need soil samples from these counties in Minnesota: Read more
2022-06-15
Rethinking Perennial Broadleaf Weed Control
Figure 1. Dogfennel or cedarweed (Eupatorium capillifolium). Read more
2022-06-15
Farmer Focus: Growers Evaluate Xyway™ LFR® Fungicide as an Alternative to Aerial Applications
Farmer Focus — Ron and Brad Makovicka Read more
2022-06-15
How Agricultural Robots Can Help Global Food Supply Shortages
According to Hansotia, about “13% of the global calories came out of production” when Russian and Ukrainian borders shut down. The Russia-Ukraine war has put pressure on farmers globally to produce... Read more
2022-06-15
Farmers Report Soil-Related Resource Concerns on About Half of Soybean, Wheat, Cotton, and Oat Fields
When natural resources degrade to the degree that their intended use is impaired, then a given land parcel is said to have a “resource concern.” Soil resource concerns, such as soil erosion or low... Read more
Farmers Report Soil-Related Resource Concerns on About Half of Soybean Wheat Cotton and Oat Fields
2022-06-15
American Agri-Women Fly-In to Washington, DC!
Women in agriculture from throughout the U.S. recently gathered in Washington, D.C., for the 36th Annual American Agri-Women (AAW) Fly-In to D.C. and the 27th Annual Symposium. After a two-year... Read more
2022-06-15
2022 farm cash receipts forecast update: Inflation spreading across ag markets
In our January forecasts, we expected Farm Cash Receipts (FCR) to continue growing in 2022, although at a more moderate pace than in 2021. Much has changed since the war in Ukraine and inflation... Read more
2022-06-15
Drought to Derecho: Farmers Face Challenges in Mission to Feed America
Across the country, farmers are facing a multitude of challenges in planting their Spring 2022 crop. Read more