A fruit and vegetable farmer from California says the H-2A guest worker program needs improvements. Ryan Talley says the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), how minimum wages must be paid to farm workers in the program, isn’t economically viable. “We need to tap the brakes on AEWR,” he says. “Each dollar rise in the AEWR […]
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At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were limit down on fund liquidation and technical weakness. The market continues
An agricultural real estate expert says there has not been a drop in most farmland values. Colton Lacina with Farmers National
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Support came from the ongoing cautious optimism about the trade framework with China.
Dec. corn $4.35 and 1/4, up 3 and 3/4 centsJan. soybeans $11.34 and 1/4, up 12 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal
An American Farm Bureau economist says the government shutdown has an impact on his job. Danny Munch tells Brownfield government produced
An eastern Nebraska farmer says extreme weather took a toll on some of his crops this year. Mark McHargue of Central
Dairy farms across the Great Lakes don’t have the workforce they need, and it’s restricting business operations. MSU economist David Ortega tells Brownfield
Northern Indiana continues to be a hotspot for new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Denise Derrer Spears, the public information
More ethanol was produced in the U.S. last week than any other week on record. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says
