DMI CEO calls for dairy industry unity
Tom Gallagher says groups that oppose animal-based agriculture want to eliminate dairy checkoff Unity and leadership are more important than ever in the dairy industry as anti-animal-agriculture...
View ArticleU.S. Grains Council markets sorghum, DDGS in Spain, Portugal
Spain imported more than 800,000 metric tons of U.S. sorghum and DDGS in the 2018/2019 marketing year The U.S. Grains Council visited Spain and Portugal in October to promote U.S. sorghum and...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, November 12, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about remote grain dryer control. As farmers work to dry down a very wet corn crop, the ability to monitor and operate on-farm grain dryers is going mobile. A new product from GSI...
View ArticleDean Foods files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization
Dean shares have tumbled and trading has been halted. By Lydia Mulvany, Jeremy Hill and Katherine DohertyTop U.S. milk processor Dean Foods Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is in advanced talks...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Nov. 12, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about home buying, grain report surprises, a grain scam conviction and sentencing and the Taurid meteor shower. People are getting older before buying a home, as home prices...
View ArticleMIDDAY Midwest Digest, Nov. 12, 2019
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about the cold, snow and ice, trade talks in Germany, lottery winning scams and a ranking football team. It's cold, snowy and icy across the middle of the...
View ArticleTake your pick of long-term winter forecasts
While not an exact science, farmers have a variety of options to look toward when gauging winter weather. Whether you rely on the shape of a persimmons seed, magnetic storms on the surface of the sun...
View ArticleVesicular stomatitis shows up in Sherman County
Horses at a private residence in Kansas tested positive for the viral disease. Officials with the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health confirmed vesicular stomatitis in horses in...
View ArticleManager of GMD 5 addresses water rights fight
Orrin Feril argued that proposed administration of junior rights ‘would hurt everybody.’ Orrin Feril, Big Bend Groundwater Management District 5 manager, was blunt about the district’s water rights...
View ArticleDemocrats blast Trump trade aid as favoring Southern farmers
Democrats complain the Trump administration is using a flawed formula and that 5 southern states received the highest payment rates per acre. By Mike DorningSenate Democrats attacked President Donald...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, November 13, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about the need for rural high-speed internet access. There's something missing in the drive to bring technology to farmers: high-speed internet access. In spite of the fact that...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Nov. 13, 2019
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about the cold and snow, new lungs, excitement at a sports event and a proper burial for a veteran. The cold and snow was record breaking this week.A Michigan...
View ArticleMIDDAY Midwest Digest, Nov. 13, 2019
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about the weather outlook, corn and soybean harvest, milk consumption, overseas troop support and more. NOAA has forecasted above-normal temperatures for the...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, November 14, 2019
Max Armstrong shares insight on rotational grazing. Long ago, Max was approached by Bob Evans, Ohio farmer and restaurateur, about talking more about rotational grazing. Now, a common denominator in...
View ArticleWorld Food Prize has new leader
Barbara Stinson will succeed retiring Ambassador Ken Quinn as president of the Iowa-based organization. The World Food Prize Foundation, the Iowa-based international organization recognizing the...
View ArticleDrones offer better hemp data
A newfangled crop has a lot of factors to consider; monitoring hemp from the air offers insights. The buzz about hemp has a range of farmers who may have long been row crop producers looking to...
View ArticleCME gives traders new hedging tool
Brazil overtook the U.S. as the top soybean exporter in the 2012-13 season By Isis Almeida and Megan DurisinCME Group Inc. plans to start Brazilian soybean futures with the country’s B3 exchange,...
View ArticleNew dairy industry leaders announced
Neil Hoff, Windthorst, Texas, will lead United Dairy Industry Association The officers elected to serve the dairy industry at the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the National Dairy Promotion and Research...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Nov. 14, 2019
Steve Alexander is in for Max Armstrong, and talks about Wisconsin politics, a court case for a former governor, cell phone driving laws and car-deer accidents.Wisconsin politics continue to make the...
View ArticleMIDDAY Midwest Digest, Nov. 14, 2019
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about a bogus coupon, a fleeing criminal, a special dog and a generous red kettle donation. If you shop at Costco, don't try to use the $75 coupon you might...
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