Impacted by disaster? Signup for USDA assistance program
Ag producers in counties that received Presidential or Secretarial Disaster Designations eligible for more than $3 billion in disaster aid Agricultural producers affected by natural disasters in 2018...
View ArticleUSDA crop progress: Corn quality stumbles
Soybean quality dials in some small changes but mostly holds steadyAnalysts anticipated USDA would hold corn crop quality steady this past week, with 58% rated good-to-excellent. But the agency bucked...
View ArticleDeer damage illustrates corn’s desire to survive
Corn Illustrated: This slideshow depicts how corn attempts to reproduce against all odds. Several years back when the Farm Progress Show visited Decatur, Ill., Dennis Bowman found about a half-acre in...
View ArticleIn-furrow foam yields good results
FMC’s 3RIVE in-furrow insecticide helps Farm Progress Show host farmer Bill Voorhees reach successful yields on corn-on-corn acres. Protecting against corn rootworm larvae at planting didn’t slow down...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, September 10, 2019
Max Armstrong shares his take on surveys and the information provided Max Armstrong digs into surveys which farmers are bombarded with every day. Max shares his thoughts on surveys and the questions...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Sept. 10, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about Husker Harvest Days, 2019 farming challenges, the USMCA and monarch butterflies. An Ohio State Trooper's car was hit while assisting a vehicle on the side of the road.It's...
View ArticleSummer covers?
NRCS Notes: Here’s what we learned from using summer cover crops on prevented planting acres. There is a lot I would like to forget about the 2019 growing season. We started off wet, and those...
View ArticleReport highlights innovative ag conservation funding
Efforts highlighted in report offer benefits for farmers, taxpayers The Innovative state-led efforts to finance agricultural conservation report highlights state-level programs that use nontraditional...
View Article$150 million available from USDA for disaster recovery
Grants may be used in areas affected by Hurricanes Michael and Florence, wildfires in 2018 and other areas where disaster declaration declared USDA is making $150 million in grants available through...
View Article5 facts about manned aerial application
The National Agricultural Aviation Association welcomes UAVs, and shares the facts about manned aerial application The National Agricultural Aviation Association says It is vital that growers,...
View ArticleHow can UAVs be used in weed management?
Weed scientists say weed identification and mapping among drone uses Weed Science Society of America scientists say unmanned aerial vehicles may soon revolutionize weed management.UAVs, often referred...
View ArticleWhat really caused it to rain?
Life is Simple: Those brush arbor meetings could get heated.While reading a book last week, my wife came across the term “brush arbor meeting” and didn’t know to what it was referring. (She’s not from...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, September 11, 2019
Max Armstrong looks at the potential of advocating for agriculture Max Armstrong digs into the term “agvocacy” which talks about the ag community to advocate. Max shares that younger farmers are...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Sept. 11, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about tornados in South Dakota, Husker Harvest Days, a tank car fire, a tractor accident and remembering 9/11. A tornado (or tornados) hit Sioux Falls, SD, last night.Several...
View ArticleTrump to meet biofuel producers
Executives from Louis Dreyfus Co., Renewable Biofuels Inc., and Renewable Energy Group Inc. expected By Mario Parker and Jennifer A. DlouhyTrump administration officials are set to meet with renewable...
View ArticleNFU members Fly-in to Washington, D.C.
Annual visit to nation's capitol includes meetings with USDA officials, lawmakers and industry experts Nearly 400 National Farmers Union’s family farmer and rancher members are in Washington, D.C., to...
View ArticleVandalia FFA captures FPS soils judging title
Teams competed for cash prizes in this invitational contest at the 2019 Farm Progress Show. The tradition of holding a soils judging contest for FFA students was restarted at the golden anniversary...
View ArticleComment on draft National Water Reuse Plan
Goal of plan is to bolster the sustainability, security and resilience of the nation’s water resources The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft National Water Reuse Action Plan...
View ArticleDiversification is best response to climate change
Climate change puts commodity-dependent countries most at risk The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s Commodities and Development Report 2019 finds that economic and export...
View Article$1.8 million awarded for corn drought tolerance research
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are focusing on drought stress during corn’s flowering and grain-growing lifecycle stages The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is awarding an...
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