An agriculture economist says for most farmers, the decision between Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage is pretty easy this year. Paul Mitchell with the University of Wisconsin says, “I’m really strongly encouraging people to sign up for ARC, but the reality is neither of them are very likely to pay.”
Paul Mitchell
Mitchell tells Brownfield with commodity prices where they are, he’s not counting on farmers to get a payment on the major crops.
Across the Corn Belt, showers—currently focused across southern Wisconsin and portions of neighboring states—continue to slide southeastward. Wednesday’s high temperatures will
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures across most of the central and eastern
Harvest should be starting soon for southeast Minnesota farmer Brent Mohn. “After the rain this week I think all the soybeans
Temperatures in early October are expected to be unseasonably warm over much of the Corn Belt. Iowa state climatologist Justin Glisan
A farmer in eastern Missouri says he’s wrapping up with corn harvest and the crop did better than expected. Jim Boerding
While the hearing on the Federal Milk Marketing Order system enters its sixth week, the prices paid for milk and cheese
Carbon dioxide is a big issue for the turkey industry. Minnesota turkey breeder Butch Brey of Sleepy Eye says CO2 is
A southwestern Wisconsin dairy farmer says some of his harvesting is done, but some crops will have to wait. Michael Yager
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower ahead of the weeks’ direct cash business. There was
