Navigating the downturn in the ag economy. Ohio State ag economist Seungki Lee says farmers continue to face tight margins. “Outcome prices are going down,” he says. “That’s kind of explaining most of this margin squeeze phenomenon. We are seeing that pretty robust input price rigidity, so we are seeing input prices softening, but not […]
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Manure is a valuable source of nutrients for the soil and future crops, but there are often nutrient losses after application.
A farmer near Janesville in south-central Wisconsin is optimistic going into harvest. Doug Rebout tells Brownfield corn and soybeans in the
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture and the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service have confirmed the state’s first case of highly
Corn silage harvest is wrapping up in some parts of Iowa. Mark Peterson farms near Stanton in the southwest corner of
A farmer in west-central Minnesota says this summer has been too wet. Jamie Beyer and her husband grow soybeans, corn, alfalfa,
Extended periods of high temperatures and a lack of rainfall are impacting crop and field conditions around the state. Tony Hancock
The USDA says the sorghum harvest has begun in South Dakota. Monday’s crop progress report shows 1% of the crop is
The Vice President of the Michigan Soybean Committee says the warm and dry August likely took the top end off of
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. It looks like nothing pertaining to ag came out of this round
