The latest news from the agricultural sector
2024-09-23
USDA Launches Assistance Network to Support Financially Distressed Farmers and Ranchers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing the launch of the Distressed Borrowers Assistance Network, an initiative designed to provide personalized support to financially distressed... Read more
2024-09-23
Low Mississippi River Levels Are Again Making It More Expensive to Transport Crops in the Midwest
River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river levels are driving up transportation costs for Midwest farmers. Read more
2024-09-23
Schnable to Help Launch First 'Digital Twin' of Corn Field
Read Schnable to Help Launch First `Digital Twin` of Corn Field in addition to hundreds of recent farming and agriculture news articles. View up to date crop reports, livestock information and ag... Read more
2024-09-23
It is all about the denominator
Thursday’s USDA grain report further solidified what has been developing all year – we have a big crop coming at us. This is not new information, it is simply confirmation that we are closing in on... Read more
2024-09-23
Agricultural Societies Day: Minister Sigurdson
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation RJ Sigurdson issued the following statement on Agricultural Societies Day: Read more
2024-09-23
October hog futures settle up - CME
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle futures slipped on Monday as boxed beef prices retreated and consumer demand fell, Reuters reported, citing traders. Read more
2024-09-23
Vilsack, Boozman discuss Farm Bill prospects, Prop 12 impacts
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senator John Boozman met with 120 pork producers at the National Pork Producers Council’s (NPPC) Fall Legislative Action Conference, discussing prospects for a... Read more
2024-09-23
Hanlon joins Iowa Pork Producers Association as communications manager
Olivia Hanlon has joined the Iowa Pork Producers Association team as the new communications manager. She comes to IPPA from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, where she served for four... Read more
2024-09-23
Dairy Store Celebrates New NU President With 'Heart of Gold'
Read Dairy Store Celebrates New NU President With `Heart of Gold` in addition to hundreds of recent farming and agriculture news articles. View up to date crop reports, livestock information and ag... Read more
2024-09-23
Chicken Farmers Sue Tyson After the Company Closed a Missouri Plant and Ended Their Contracts
Imagine an idyllic painting of a farm, a big red barn down a windy road on green fields hemmed in by forested hills, a couple of horses trotting around. Read more
2024-09-23
California Confirms More Avian Flu in Dairy Herds, Poultry
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has
confirmed 6 more H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in California dairy herds, raising the state's total to 16... Read more
2024-09-23
North Carolina’s Poultry Industry Surges, but at What Cost to Health and Environment?
The Northern Red Cardinal has worn the crown as North Carolina’s official bird for eight decades, but judging by the numbers in a new report, another bird is king. Read more