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Congresswoman Erin Houchin (R-IN) has brought forth a bill that directs the FCC to incorporate USDA farm field location data into the national broadband map.

Participants at a recent webinar hosted by the Science Societies warned that grant funding cuts and force reductions at USDA results in uncertainty, lost research and lost opportunities for young scientists. The future of independent research is potentially at risk too.

Both of these visits are part of ARA’s coordination of congressional facility visits for ARA members during congressional recess periods.

“Today’s farmers are running complex businesses, and they need tools that work as hard as they do,” Kevin Still, President and CEO of Keystone Cooperative said.

Elevated levels of the disease are trending currently, and are of ‘serious concern’ over the next eight weeks, say researchers.

With at least four weeks left in the growing season, Ferrie encourages farmers to stay ahead of heavy disease pressure in fields, particularly in what he calls D hybrids — those that punch their yield card late-season.

Fifth-generation grower Bill Kercher says his family added a “Robot-Weeded” label to showcase his family’s regenerative ag practices and says the reception has been very warm.

One concern cited is that USDA tends to aim too high with its August yield estimates, based on what the data shows from the past decade. The other concern is how strong demand will be, given corn carryover projections.

This means the Conduit brand will not continue, and it clarifies the focus for the entity going forward—no longer offering crop inputs and other farmer-facing products, but rather solely offering ag retailers financing products and platforms to be extended to farmer customers.

Corn yield estimates in seven counties surrounding the community of Bloomington indicate farmers there will harvest an average crop, at best. That’s counter to what USDA predicts for Illinois yield results statewide.