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Robotic Planting Stirs Curiosity and Debate
Farmer curiosity and debate about autonomous farming spiked recently after DTN’s latest robotic planting article. The subject topped readership charts,…
Ethanol COVID-19 Relief Gains Momentum
One way or another, the ethanol industry is hopeful any additional COVID-19 relief package coming from Congress will include some…
DMC Triggered for March 2020
The March 2020 income over feed cost margin was $9.15 per hundredweight (cwt.), triggering the first payment of 2020 for…
Study Shows it Will Take Time for Ag Companies to Rebound from COVID-19
There isn’t an aspect of American business that hasn’t been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact on the…
View From the Cab-Farmers Get Testy
The struggle is real when planting gets derailed. Weather is testing many farmers this week as the calendar closes the…
Report-11 Million Acres Lost, Fragmented from 2001-16
A new American Farmland Trust report, “Farms Under Threat: The State of the States,” finds that millions of acres of America’s…
USDA Spells Out Payment Details and Formula for Coronavirus Aid
USDA officials on Tuesday provided more extensive details on the payment plan for producers under the Coronavirus Food and Aid…
Specialty Crop Growers to Get $2.1 Billion in Direct Payments
As part of the Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it will provide up to…
A Closer Look at U.S. Pork Exports from USDA’s Economic Research Service
Yesterday, USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) released its monthly Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, which included updated information regarding U.S. pork exports.…
Off-Farm Income and the Farm Economy-Farm Loan Delinquencies and the Great Recession
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the demographics of off-farm income. For most producers, off-farm income is an important source…