The latest news from the agricultural sector
2024-10-21
Ohio Farmers Are Stressed. What’s Stopping So Many From Seeking Help?
What’s stressing Ohio’s farmers? Read more
2024-10-21
Higher Yielding 2024 Hard Red Spring Crop Offers Highly Functional Characteristics
Grown primarily in the North Central region and shipped via the Pacific, Gulf and Great Lakes ports, hard red spring (HRS) wheat is second in production among U.S. wheat classes. USDA has pegged 2024... Read more
2024-10-21
Woodland Management Field Day to Be Held near Edgewood on Nov. 7
Iowa Learning Farms will host a woodland management field day on Thursday, Nov. 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Jody and Jim Kerns’ farm near Edgewood. The free event is open to farmers and... Read more
2024-10-21
SDSU Extension to Host Annual Soil Conference in Wagner
South Dakota State University Extension will host its Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit conference for crop producers and industry professionals in Wagner, followed by the Southeast Research Farm... Read more
2024-10-21
Drones Prove Effective Way to Monitor Maize Re-Growth, Researchers Report
Maize, or corn, grows tall, with thin stalks that boast ears of the cereal grain used in food production, trade and security globally. However, due to rain, wind and other increasingly extreme weather... Read more
2024-10-21
Frustration in the Fields as Farm Bill Remains in Limbo
The pressure on dairy farmers like Jim Davenport to quit comes from every direction these days: volatile milk prices. Shuttered dairy plants. Rising land values that promise a windfall to cash out out... Read more
2024-10-21
Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium Set for Saskatoon November 5 and 6
The Communications and Marketing Coordinator with Sask Pork says the 47th edition of Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium features a good list of speakers and an opportunity for networking. The... Read more
2024-10-21
FAO Welcomes the Adoption of the Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture
FAO welcomed today the adoption of the
Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture aimed at addressing water scarcity increasingly exacerbated by the climate crisis – one of the world’s... Read more
2024-10-21
U.S. Ethanol Exports Acheive a Record-Breaking Year
The
U.S. Grains Council announced U.S. ethanol exports set a record in marketing year 2023/2024, totaling to 1.75 billion gallons exported, using 619 million bushels of corn. This is 43% higher than... Read more
2024-10-21
MDARD Announces 2024 Specialty Crop Block Grant Recipients
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Tim Boring announced the Michigan recipients of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.... Read more
2024-10-21
Tracking Transgenic Crop-Produced Mutations in the Corn Earworm
Environmentally friendly, sustainable pesticides are popular with consumers, who are more likely to purchase sweet corn from their local market that hasn’t been sprayed with potentially harmful... Read more
2024-10-21
Farmers help families finish harvest
Two families received support from producers after tragedy struck Read more
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