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Farm Progress America, June 19, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about the importance of sustainability to the beef industry Max Armstrong shares insight on a group – the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. The group’s leader wrote recently in...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, June 19, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about coal plants, credit conditions, graffiti on a memorial, a rain out game, and a long-operated fire hall. The Trump administration is bringing back coal plants, and the EPA...
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Producing better yield maps with careful calibration
Precision ag farmer Gary Wagner checks and rechecks his sensors to ensure accuracy. Gary Wagner is keenly aware of the computer age axiom “garbage in equals garbage out,” especially when it comes to...
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K-State gets grant for Railroad Safety Center
Federal transportation grant of $2.5 will pay for Rural Railroad Safety Center at Kansas State. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration has announced the recipients of...
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AAEA says ERS, NIFA relocation will not save money
Relocation of Economic Research Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture will cost $83 million to $182 million The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association finds moving the Economic...
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Need your spirits lifted? Talk with FFA students
The Kansas State FFA Convention has come and gone with the usual excitement. If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s excitement at a Kansas State FFA Convention.And if there’s one thing that will...
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U.S. sets wet record
May 2018 to April 2019 is the wettest 12-month period on record in continental United States Does it seem like it’s been raining a lot? The contiguous United States recently completed its wettest May...
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Vote for your favorite finalist in #RootedInAg contest
Finalists are Kathleen Amaral from Georgia, Krista Swanson from Illinois and Tammy Wiedenbeck from Wisconsin Three finalists for the #RootedinAg contest have been announced by Syngenta. These...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, June 20, 2019
Max Armstrong looks at the challenge California farmers face as the state takes land for a troubled bullet train project Max Armstrong shares concerns of Central Valley California farmers who have...
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Mexican Senate ratifies USMCA
Lawmakers voted 114-4 to approve the new NAFTA By Nacha CattanMexico’s Senate ratified a North American trade deal with the U.S. and Canada, becoming the first to do so amid a truce reached with...
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Trudeau to meet Trump, Pelosi
USMCA, tariffs on uranium and softwood lumber among topics to be discussed By Josh WingroveCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to take up trade disputes with President Donald Trump in...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, June 20, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about high water on the Great Lakes, a possible prison sentence for DWI, living to tell about a grain entrapment and the movie Jaws. Experts gathered to answer questions about...
View ArticleNo hope and no chance for success for nation’s undocumented children
Immigration attorney Michael Feltman calls them “undocumented American citizens.” By P.J. GRIEKSPOORImmigration attorney Michael Feltman calls them “undocumented American citizens.”They are the ones...
View ArticleMyth and reality: an immigration quiz
Try this true-false quiz and see how much you know about immigration. By P.J. GRIEKSPOORTry this true-false quiz and see how much you know about immigration.1. Undocumented immigrants come to the...
View ArticlePath to legal immigration long, steep
There is perhaps no one topic in today’s political climate that generates a more immediate response than immigration. By P.J. GRIEKSPOORThere is perhaps no one topic in today’s political climate that...
View Article‘Use it or lose it’ no longer the water law for Kansas
‘Use it or lose it’ is gone. Local initiatives to encourage reduced water usage have arrived. By P.J. GRIEKSPOOR‘Use it or lose it’ is gone. Local initiatives to encourage reduced water usage have...
View ArticleMany problems with status verification
One of the touchiest hot buttons of the immigration debate centers on employment, with anti-immigration forces insisting that there should be stiff penalties on employers who hire undocumented...
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7 ag stories you might have missed this week - June 21, 2019
Trade aid criticized at WTO, USMCA passes in Mexico and double cropping in Nebraska Missed some agricultural news this week? Here are seven stories to catch you up.1. The Trump administration’s $16...
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NCGA targets EPA RFS waivers in new campaign
Updated: The National Biodiesel Board s also highlighting the economic damage The National Corn Growers Association is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to stop giving Renewable Fuel...
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Farm Progress America, June 21, 2019
Max Armstrong looks at a special insight on the farm from a university president Max Armstrong shares insight on a recent op-ed piece by Mitch Daniels, president, Purdue University and former governor...
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