This Week in Agribusiness, June 29, 2019
On this week's show Max Armstrong and Orion Samuelson get the latest on the dairy markets, the USDA and why cows impact on climate change is overstated. Part 1Note: The video automatically plays...
View ArticleFarmers adapt to increasingly soggy new normal
From June 2018 to May 2019, the contiguous U.S. suffered through its wettest 12-months dating to 1895 By Denitsa Tsekova and Brian K. SullivanAfter suffering through the wettest 12 months since at...
View ArticlePlan ahead to take advantage of run in corn prices
Sorghum Focus: Despite the weather woes of #noplant19, price rallies present opportunities. Another month, another rain. In mid-June, on our standing Monday Team Sorghum staff call, Zach Simon,...
View ArticleCost for summer cookout is less than $6 per person, AFBF says
Farm Bureau’s informal survey reveals the average cost of a summer cookout for 10 people is $52.80, or $5.28 per person American Farm Bureau Federation’s informal summer cookout survey finds consumers...
View ArticleMIDDAY Midwest Digest, July 1, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about gas tax increases, a new lawyer for Bayer, motorcycle safety classes and a retiring fire spotter. Several states implemented gas tax increases today.Bayer has hired a new...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, July 2, 2019
Max Armstrong talks hemp and reactions he got to a recent Twitter poll Max Armstrong looks at the buzz over industrial hemp offering some insight on the issue from a Twitter poll. He got a range of...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, July 2, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about holiday travel traffic, holiday gun fire, crop progress and a man charged with clogging toilets. Will you be traveling over the July 4th holiday? The number of drivers is...
View ArticleUSDA leaders discuss prevented planting and cover crops
Bill Northey, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, the U.S. has seen over a hundred million dollars of prevented planting claims come into RMA. USDA is actively seeking ways to help...
View ArticleUnique collection hits major milestone
The USDA's Agricultural Research Service's germplasm collection, which has samples dating to the 1950s, hit one million samples. By Dennis O'BrienWhen the sample of semen from the Duroc boar—a breed...
View ArticleIt's no joke, lone star tick causes red meat allergy
Lone star tick range includes southeast and eastern United States According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, a bite from a lone star tick could lead to an allergy to beef and...
View ArticleAg Economy Barometer rises in June 2019
The rise in the Index of Future Expectations effectively wiped out the two-month decline in future expectations By James Mintert and Michael LangemeierThe Ag Economy Barometer rose 25 points from May...
View ArticleWhere does your Congressional District rank?
USDA NASS releases Census of Agriculture data by Congressional District USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the Congressional District Profiles and Rankings from the 2017 Census...
View ArticleBeef Improvement Federation gives out its 2019 awards
Hinkson Angus Ranch has been chosen as BIF’s 2019 Seedstock Producer of the Year. The Beef Improvement Federation presented Hinkson Angus Ranch, Cottonwood Falls, Kan., the BIF Seedstock Producer of...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, July 3, 2019
Max Armstrong updates listeners on the spread of African Swine Fever in China Max Armstrong offers insight on the hog industry. A report from China shows a significant drop in population due to...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, July 3, 2019
Max talks about DUIs, Lee Iacocca, more rain for the Midwest, a vandalized attraction and an airport meat discovery. Amid the rush to legalize marijuana, state troopers in Indiana say they're seeing...
View ArticleShort line equipment maker sells line
Thurston Mfg. Co. has announced intent to sell its Blu-Jet product line to Unverferth Mfg. Co. The farm equipment industry has been under stress as much as farmers for the past five years and...
View ArticlePipestone Applied Research receives grant to study feed mitigants
The research team is testing 10 commercially available feed additives, to assess whether these mitigants can deactivate PRRS, PED and SVA. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has awarded...
View ArticleChina considers buying U.S. farm products
Buying more U.S. agriculture goods likely will not change Washington’s demands for concessions from China on intellectual property By Bloomberg NewsChina is considering buying some U.S. agricultural...
View ArticleMIDDAY Midwest Digest, July 3, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about a flight diversion, USDA reports and surveys, money raised for flood relief and a Jim Beam warehouse fire. A flight from Minneapolis had to make an emergency landing due to...
View ArticleBe sure to mark your towers
Marking and logging saves lives, there have been 22 tower-related accidents since 2008 Towers between 50 and 200 feet tall with an above-ground base of less than 10 feet in diameter in rural areas are...
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