GOP Bill Provides $20 Billion for Agriculture, But No Language for Ethanol Aid
The Republican COVID-19 pandemic aid package announced Tuesday will provide $20.457 billion in “direct funding” to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue…
2020 Hard Red Spring Wheat Virtual Crop Update Results
A virtual update on Tuesday, July 28, featuring video and comments from state wheat commissions and producers in the main…
Crop Insurance Performance in 2019
Late and prevented planting were prevalent across the Midwest in 2019. Prevented planting payments made up about one-third of total…
Texas Vineyards Resilient Despite Tough 2020
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service viticulture specialists reported early fruiting and overall good wine grape conditions at vineyards across most of…
Feedback from the Field Roundup – Week Ending July 26
Mild temperatures and sporadic rainfall outweighed regional heat stress on the developing corn crop in yesterday’s Crop Progress report. U.S.…
Public Asked to Report Unsolicited Seed Deliveries
Several state agriculture departments have issued alerts regarding unsolicited packages containing seeds arriving in the mail from China. The Washington…
Corn and Soybean Conditions Improve Slightly
The condition of the U.S. corn and soybean crops rose slightly last week, USDA NASS said in its weekly Crop…
Few Surprises in USDA Cattle Reports
The U.S. cattle herd is known to cycle through periods of expansion and contraction roughly every 10 years or so.…
Rural Mainstreet Index Climbs for July
The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) increased to a weak level from June’s frail reading. According to the monthly…
Dicamba Resistant Palmer Amaranth Confirmed in Tennessee
Weed scientists are officially confirming the presence of dicamba-resistant Palmer amaranth in Tennessee, where the dicamba-tolerant Xtend trait has dominated…