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The rise of farmer’s markets to home-delivery meal kits to niche brands claiming gluten-free and sunshine-fed products are just a few clues the food landscape is cluttered, confusing and changing.

The Rural Mainstreet Index, a survey of community bank CEOs, shows economic growth stalling for the first time in months. The 10-state survey by Creighton University focuses on rural areas.

Interestingly, in the 2018 Farm Journal Harvest Study, with 622 respondents, when asked what farmers wished they would have done in 2018, two of the top 10 answers were crop protection related

County Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices rushed to get Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments processed before a government shutdown closed the offices Friday, according to USDA under secretary Bill Northey.

The end goal is to streamline the reporting process as part of the Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) program.

This had been a potential outcome discussed in early February as the company sought out “optimizing production.”

Bayer AG plans to cut 12,000 jobs and exit its animal health business in an effort to mollify Wall Street.

“Cautious.” That’s the one word Will Secor, a grain and farm supply economist with CoBank, would use to describe the year ahead for grain elevators.

PinnitMax is formulated for use with urea and UAN application and prevents volatilization for up to 14 days.

On Dec. 4, Jerry Hennessey surrendered to authorities and appeared in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, where he was charged with mail fraud.