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Farmers Focus on Direct Marketing Amid COVID-19
Norman Greig has 7 acres of asparagus that he has no idea how he will sell. It will be ready…
DTN-The Progressive Farmer Confidence Index Posts Largest Drop, Producers Still Favor Trump
Farmers across the United States are far less confident about their business and current situation than they have been in…
Meat Shortages “Dangerously Close,” as COVID-19 Induced Supply Chain Bottlenecks Persist
Bloomberg writers Michael Hirtzer and Tatiana Freitas reported recently that, “Plant shutdowns are leaving the U.S. dangerously close to meat shortages as coronavirus…
Congressman, Union Call on White House Task Force to Respond to Meat Industry Challenges
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee on Thursday called on the White House Coronavirus Task Force to help deal…
Further Evidence on the Time It Takes to Plant the U.S. Corn Crop
In a farmdoc daily article last week (April 16, 2020), we examined historical data on corn planting progress for three states in…
California’s Almond Acreage Keeps Rising
For the first time, the Almond Board of California (ABC) is concurrently releasing two California almond industry acreage reports: USDA’s…
Farmers, Ranchers May Still Face Groundwater Regulation by EPA
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday in the case County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund leaves open the…
National Pork Board Develops Educational Content to Help Parents
Parents nationwide now have access to new ways to keep children learning and engaged during the coronavirus crisis, thanks to…
Watch for Cutworms and Armyworms in Crop Fields This May
April showers bring May … worms. You heard that right — entomologists in the Eastern Corn Belt are warning growers…
Pennsylvania Dairy Industry Has Future, Despite Shrinkage, Damage from COVID-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 outbreak is hitting Pennsylvania’s beleaguered dairy industry hard, and sadly, there is a segment that will not be…