TOP AG NEWS
Agriculture Confidence Index-Farmers Look to the Future
Farmer attitudes are a mixed bag as summer turns to fall and as election-year divisiveness and the ever-present coronavirus pandemic…
Phase One Talks Delayed, While Recent USDA Reports Provide Perspective on U.S. Farm Exports to China
Bloomberg News reported this week that, “President Donald Trump said he called off last weekend’s trade talks with China, raising questions…
National FFA Hits Record Membership
Agriculture plays a key role in society, and nowhere is that more evident than in the continuing growth of FFA…
Tips for Temporary Storage
As harvest draws near, some farmers are seeking temporary grain storage solutions. Many have held onto 2019 grain because demand…
USDA Improves Prevented Planting Coverage with Stakeholder Feedback
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced it will make several improvements to Federal crop…
Sonoma County Winegrowers Ready for Harvest
According to Karissa Kruse, president of Sonoma County Winegrowers, harvest season for the 1,100 growers tending to some 60,000 acres…
Record U.S. Sorghum Sales To China Reported
U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service data issued yesterday shows U.S. sorghum purchases last week rang in the biggest…
Texas Crop and Weather Report-Retail Beef Price Drop Reflects Lower Wholesale Prices
Beef consumers should be seeing lower prices on beef, whether steaks or ground chuck, at grocery stores as production increased…
Curbside Pickup of Farmland
The coronavirus has forced farmland brokers to get creative. Typically they’re busy setting their fall auction line-up this time of…
Cost Management: Tillage Operations
Farming is a capital intensive venture with specialized equipment needed for various field operations, including several different implements used for…