TOP AG NEWS
RMA Updates Dairy Revenue Protection for 2022 Crop Year
The Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) program has proven to be RMA’s most successful livestock product, covering nearly 30% of milk…
LRP a Viable Beef Risk Management Strategy This Year
The U.S. beef herd is in its second year of distinct contraction as part of the usually around eight-year broader…
Two Sides of Pipeline Cyberattack Story for Agriculture
After a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline responsible for delivering considerable gasoline supplies from Georgia to the Northeast, operations are still stalled, creating massive angst about rocketing gasoline supply disruptions and resulting price spikes.
USDA Approves Disaster Loans for Drought-slammed Plains Counties
Farmers in 372 counties nationwide stretching from Texas and Kansas to California and Hawaii — roughly 1 in 7 counties…
Grain Prices React Mixed to May USDA Supply, Demand Report
Corn futures fell after the May USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report…
Plastic Ag Products the latest post-COVID-19 Supply Chain Logjam
Farmers could be soon seeing shortages of inputs made of plastic — things like baler twine, net wrap and silage…
Farmer Challenges NRCS Wetland Statutes with Lawsuit
A South Dakota farmer has filed a lawsuit against USDA, alleging that the agency’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has…
May WASDE Preview: Grain Stocks Expected to Tighten Further
What’s normally a fairly quiet monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics…
Federal Officials Take Up Global Shipping Logjams, Cost Spikes
Supply chain disruptions across the global economy have sprouted up in the last year as the world grapples with fallout…
Ballot Initiatives Would Ban Key Livestock Production Practices
A ballot measure in Colorado is fueling speculation that animal husbandry practices like artificial insemination — a mainstay on many…