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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Aug. 16, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about deteriorating credit conditions, beef processing nightmare in Kansas and jumping earthworms. Rural bankers say credit conditions are still deteriorating. A beef packing plant...
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Deere's shares jump amid vow to lower costs
U.S. growers are shying from major purchases as the U.S.-China trade war stretches into a second year By Lydia MulvanyDeere & Co.’s shares jumped after it pledged to lower its costs and offered an...
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Prepare for propane
With grain drying, weather is always the wild card, but experts say supply lines are better prepared than ever for a big fall drying season. As the 2019 harvest draws near, farmers across the Midwest...
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This Week in Agribusiness, August 17, 2019
Max Armstrong and Orion Samuelson get a detailed look at the markets with Richard Brock and talk with a variety of ag experts at fairs around the Midwest. Part 1Note: The video automatically plays...
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Bayer stops sale of NemaStrike for 2020
Citing safety concerns over skin rashes, company officials search for answers. NemaStrike will not be a tool for farmers fighting nematodes in 2020. The product continues to cause skin rashes on those...
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Union, USDA reach agreement regarding relocation
USDA employees have until Sept. 27 to make decision on relocation, some employees already in Kansas City The American Federation of Government Employees has reached a deal with USDA that gives...
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Kansas Water Office puts out call for photo contest
Slideshow: Photographers are invited to submit their water photos in a variety of categories. When Kansas amateur (and even professional) photographers strike out looking for something beautiful to...
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EPA awards $7.5 million to fund water quality projects
Grants focus on farmer-driven efforts to improve water quality in Gulf of Mexico watershed The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency anticipates awarding seven Gulf of Mexico Division cooperative...
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Equipment sales slump
U.S. 4-wheel-drive tractor sales decreased 4.7% in July compared to last year and U.S. July self-propelled combines decreased 25.9% Sales of self-propelled combines, 4-wheel-drive tractors and total...
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Follow these directions to FPS19
The Farm Progress Show is coming up, Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. Farm Progress Show management and state and local officials have designed traffic routes to the show near Decatur, Ill., that should...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Aug. 19, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about hot weather, marijuana sales, private crop tours and bears in unexpected areas. Some areas where school is back in session have had heat indexes over 110 degrees.A new study...
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2 Texans get USDA appointments
Brandon Lipps and Pam Miller sworn in to USDA positions Brandon Lipps has been sworn in as Deputy Under Secretary of the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services and Pam Miller has been sworn in as...
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Yield10 and Bayer expand research license
Yield10 Bioscience joins forces with Bayer for evaluation of a Novel C3004 yield trait gene in soybeans Yield10 Bioscience is expanding its non-exclusive research license with Bayer for soybean crop...
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Simplifying vegetable plant breeding with RateRvAr
Developed at Cornell, the open-source software can help streamline breeding decisions. By Melanie LefkowitzBroccoli is in the eye of the beholder.A head of broccoli that might appeal to one person —...
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Beef lags behind chicken in U.S. per capita meat consumption
Per capita meat consumption in 2020 may surpass 1960 record. USDA forecasts that U.S. per capita meat consumption in 2020 may reach 220.9 pounds, the highest since 1960. There is, however, quite a...
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Interest in drones growing among cattle producers
Drones offer potential for checking pastures, locating and counting cattle, and more. Technology in agriculture is moving at the speed of light — or at least at the speed of flight — and livestock...
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Follow kernel development all the way to harvest
Corn Illustrated: Understanding kernel development is key in a late planting year. This year, many cornfields in the Midwest will be in the grain-fill stage all the way into October. Hence, it’s...
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Administration officials prepare for trade negotiations
Trade war predicted to lower world GDP President Donald Trump has pushed trade into the daily headlines. Here’s some of the latest trade news we’re seeing.According to a report by Bloomberg Economics’...
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Roadway changes near Farm Progress Show increase safety
Visitors to the 2019 Decatur, Ill., show arriving from the west and north will stay on Route 48 for a half-mile longer, taking pressure off the interstate. When it comes to moving slow-going traffic...
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Corteva takes tents to whole new level at FPS
The Corteva Agriscience exhibit showcases the Farm Progress Show “tent of the future.” The Farm Progress Show is coming up Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. Even if you can’t get to the part of the exhibit...
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