A market analyst says the ag industry is closely watching this week’s trade negotiations between the U.S. and China. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says he’d like to see written commitments of purchases for ag goods like soybeans and beef. “Those are the low hanging fruit per say for China to buy. The real question is […]
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A central Illinois farmer says this week’s warm up is welcome. Katie Brown, who raises corn, soybeans, and hogs in Christian
A crop insurance agent who farms in southeast Iowa suggests commodity prices are not what’s sinking farmer profitability. Logan Lyon tells
Cash dairy prices were mixed on Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was down $0.0250 at $0.6750. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $0.6750 to $0.69. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up
Corn growers from across the country flew to Washington, D.C., early this week to lobby for the year-round nationwide E15 bill.
A central Kansas farmer says drought conditions continue to delay his planting progress. Adam Baldwin says it’s been too dry
For my entire adult life, I’ve heard people talk about what’s closing, what’s changing, and what’s next in their rural hometowns.
The new president of the South Dakota FFA Association says he’s looking forward to helping the association grow in the next
A northern Illinois farmer says he’s closely watching the U.S. House of Representatives today. David Isermann, who raises corn, soybeans,
Crop emergence is being hindered by soil crusting in northern Iowa. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz says some heavy
