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The state adds the San Clemente area of Orange and San Diego Counties to its existing quarantine for huanglongbing.
The 20-page strategy laid out by the Department of Health and Human Services commission on Tuesday offers 120-plus initiatives to reduce what it terms as the root causes of childhood chronic disease.
Tom Ritter was just weeks away from his 51st harvest, but an everyday task on the farm of cleaning out a grain bin with a vac turned fatal as a shelf of corn caved in on him in the bin.
Steve Censky, chief executive officer of the American Soybean Association, says unless China buys soybeans soon, they may be looking at aid similar to the Market Facilitation Program used back in 2018-19 during the last trade war.
The inescapable crop math of sustained crippling commodity prices and high input costs has many growers screaming for immediate relief. However, bailouts are Band-Aids over bullet holes, contend farmers desperate for fundamental change.
Agronomic specialists are encouraging farmers to make their corn harvest plans now, prioritizing which fields to combine first and so forth. Evaluating how well the crop is standing on a field by field basis can help you plan the process and minimize having to pick up down corn.
Steve Censky, CEO of the American Soybean Association says, “China imports more soybeans than the rest of the world combined and so you can’t make up the loss of the China market by gaining a little bit here or there.”
The Goleta, Calif.-based food technology company says it has filed a lawsuit against Robyn Openshaw and her company for “waging a years’ long disinformation campaign intended to harm Apeel’s business and reputation.”
Land O’Lakes recently announced an investment of up to $7 million in each of 10 to 15 companies focused on innovations in crop inputs, ag data, supply chain processes, business models, and beyond.
Hear from farm equipment manufacturing leaders and find out how companies are managing the additional costs and keeping products flowing to farmer-customers.
Union Pacific is pursuing an acquisition of Northfolk Southern but will have to meet an elevated standard before being approved. The merger could be in opposition to President Trump’s executive order on monopolies.
Heismeyer joins the cooperative after leadership roles at Bunge and ADM.
Labor costs continue to rise for California farmers, but skilled labor isn’t something growers are able to find with the current H-2A program. Labor experts, economists and farmers agree the current immigration system is “broken,” but a solution could be on the horizon.
A prematurely collapsing ear shank stops grain fill, leading to yield reductions that can reach as high as 40%.
Crops in parts of the Corn Belt may have run out of gas with the onset of flash drought. As a result, the crop may be going backward from USDA’s August estimates.
Levels of concern could be elevated if the precipitation forecast doesn’t change.
The new facility will produce 950,000 short tons of ammonia annually, and it’s been a project discussed for over a decade.
The onset of drought and disease are causing growing concerns about the size of the U.S. corn and soybean crops this year. Analysts caution while the crops may be going backward in terms of yield, it’s possible USDA actually raises its yield estimates in the September report.
The Midwest crop is being pushed into black layer (R6) prematurely in some areas in ways that are easy to confuse with normal drydown factors.
The company said the sustainability division would be embedded in its core businesses, rather than a stand alone unit.
While the companies have partnered since 2022, this acquisition will fully integrate GUSS into the John Deere portfolio, while keeping the GUSS brand intact.
The Budweiser plant in Columbus, Ohio, has an additional demographic — 600 Holstein cows
With $8 cash soybean bids in the Dakotas and Minnesota, and no bids for fall in a few markets, farmers might need to break the norm and store soybeans.
ARA’s Richard Gupton discusses the bill aiming to modernize the seasonal ag CDL used by many ag retailers and other industries. There are two key provisions: online renewal and a federal definition for implements of husbandry.
The recent “Currents of Change” analysis reported high nutrient levels in central Iowa’s watersheds. Iowa ag has worked on the issue for decades, but nutrient movement often comes down to weather.
Farmers Cooperative is the newest FS member of Growmark, Inc.
The Chinese government is continuing to instruct importers to avoid purchasing U.S. soybeans. Until that changes, soybean prices are likely to remain low.
The agency is acting on a backlog of more than 175-petitions from 38-small refineries dating all the way back to 2016.
An individual who had traveled to the U.S. from El Salvador has been confirmed with NWS.
There are only two months left for Mexico to deliver almost a million acre-feet of water. While it might deliver some, the impacts on Texas growers are going to be tough.