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MORNING Midwest Digest, April 15, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about the tax deadline, corn planting progress, meat supplies and dressing for the workday. It's tax deadline day! Or, well, it was. This year you have three extra months.As of...
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Perdue proposes direct milk, meat purchases
As part of COVID-19 response, Trump administration wants to send direct financial assistance to farmers. By Mike DorningThe Trump administration would like to make purchases of milk and meat products...
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Kansas wheat crop takes hit from hard freeze
The temperature in south-central and central Kansas dropped to the 20s Monday night. The Kansas hard red winter wheat crop took a hard hit last night, with a strong likelihood that by the end of the...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, April 15, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about winter weather, the Farm Progress Show and Paul Harvey. Winter weather just keeps coming, causing a traffic pile-up in Chicago this morning.At this point, the Farm Progress...
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U.S. soybean producers are 'open for business'
U.S. Soybean Export Council offers update on current crop market situation in light of COVID-19 and other issues The world is in pandemic turmoil, but livestock and people still must eat, and it turns...
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Planting weather creates continued uncertainty
Farm Progress Panel: Farmers say it's too soon to tell when it comes to getting into the field From snow squalls in April, to 90-degree temps scorching the plains, spring weather for 2020 has farmers...
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Homeland Security changes H2A requirements
Changes made to make sure farmers have access to workforce during COVID-19 emergency. The Department of Homeland Security has announced a temporary rule change to certain H-2A requirements.Under this...
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I want to stop the dying, not ‘bend the curve’
Kansas have long prepared for a foreign animal disease outbreak; instead, humans are the target. Most oft-repeated terms get really tiresome. But I don’t recall one that left me about to scream as...
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Farm Progress America, April 16, 2020
Max Armstrong shares an analyst's perspective on the core issue facing the meat packing industry Max Armstrong offers insight from one analyst who saw a labor crisis in the meat packing industry...
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Plan to maintain liquidity during crisis
COVID-19 brings challenges to agriculture, but industry is resilient and will forge pathways to continue connecting growers and consumers. COVID-19 has been a major disruptor and put a hazy cloud over...
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Farmers don't break, but supply chains do
From farm to table, the tail is long when the feeders stop buying cattle. Here's what that means for food supply. Tuesdays at the Fairview Sale Barn in Fairview, Ill., mean fat cattle and cull cow...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, April 16, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about more snow, the food supply chain, to-go-cocktails, new packaging for Land O Lakes butter and a funeral for a firefighter who died from COVID-19. Yet again, there's snow...
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5 governors ask Trump to waive biofuel requirements
The battle over biofuel blending pits two factions of Donald Trump’s political base -- farmers and oil companies -- against one another. By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Michael HirtzerFive American...
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Smithfield Foods to close two additional pork processing facilities
The Cudahy and Martin City facilities are located in close proximity to urban areas in which community spread of COVID-19 has been prevalent. Smithfield Foods, Inc. will be closing its Cudahy, Wis....
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, April 16, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about reduced death rates, restaurant closures, a barn fire, a split-open grain bin and shovel-able snow. In several states, death rates from the novel coronavirus have been...
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7 ag stories you might have missed this week - April 17, 2020
Governors ask for biofuel waiver, Smithfield closes plants and Perdue is finalizing aid package. Missed some ag news this week? Here's seven stories to catch you up.1. Five governors - Greg Abbott of...
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NBB opposes petition to waive RFS volumes
Governors of Louisiana, Texas, Utah, Oklahoma and Wyoming ask for waiver of RFS volumes. The National Biodiesel Board opposes petitions from five state governors to waive 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard...
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Land auctions navigate challenges of COVID-19
Real estate professionals are adapting to conduct safe sales while practicing social distancing. Handling land sales has taken on a new dimension in the era of stay-at-home orders amid the COVID-19...
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Farm Progress America, April 17, 2020
Max Armstrong offers one expert's thoughts on coronavirus, it's spread and potential impact on the food industry Max Armstrong shares insight from Richard Raymond, a food safety expert, who discusses...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, April 17, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about the weekend weather, a meat-packing city hit hard with COVID-19, the corn market and more. The nice thing about an April snow is that it doesn't stay long. Temps should warm...
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