Across the Corn Belt, rain showers linger early Friday in the lower Great Lakes region and the Ohio Valley. Cool air trails the rain, with freezes reported Friday morning in parts of the western Corn Belt, extending as far south as Iowa and Nebraska. Few freeze-related agricultural impacts are expected, as any meaningful summer-crop emergence has not yet occurred in those areas. In Iowa, for example, only 4% of the intended corn acreage had been planted by April 14.
A west-central Indiana farmer says high-speed planters are helping him cover more acres as wet weather has shortened his planting window.
The Biden administration realizes there’s still a lot of work to do when it comes to rural broadband expansion. President Biden’s
Commentary. Several times over the past few weeks I’ve been approached by a friendly stranger in the parking lot of a
The administrator of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) says new online resources increase accessibility to disaster aid for livestock producers.
Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ended the day lower pressured by increasing feed cost concerns and oversold positions. May
A Senate Ag Committee member is asking for modeling used to measure transportation emissions for sustainable aviation fuel to be reevaluated.
The National Oilseed Processors Association is critical of updates to the criteria used to qualify for sustainable aviation fuel tax credits.
A Minnesota dairy farmer is concerned about her cows contracting highly pathogenic avian influenza. Dana Allen-Tully of Eota says she’s focused
An agronomist in west central Missouri says the planting season has been productive. Jason Mefford, with AgriGold, tells Brownfield… “Progress is
