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This Is Grain Bin Safety Week
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued a proclamation naming February 16-22 as Grain Bin Safety Week. Earlier this week,…
Mississippi River Dredging Offers Ag Commodity Shipping Opportunities
With a funding line in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget earlier this week, advocates who have spent years…
Farm Debt and Working Capital Continue to Deteriorate
Last week we reviewed the USDA’s latest farm income projections and noted sector-wide incomes are expected to increase again in…
Treasury Rule Could Affect Tax Deductions for Cooperatives’ Income
Two years after discovering the “grain glitch” in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, leaders at farmer cooperatives…
Traditional Time for Pre-Harvest Hedging Starts Now
Even more than in most years, this February feels too early to start caring about new-crop grain prices. I’ve just…
Why Working Capital Matters to Lenders
As production agriculture enters its sixth year of narrow profit margins, it is critical to be thinking about your working…
Obligatory Annual Budget Detour
It being February, the political focus turned momentarily back to matters of budget and deficit. In late January, the Congressional…
Keep Cotton Clean With Tillage, Cover Crops and Herbicides
University cotton weed scientists offer options for starting clean and keeping fields weed-free. University cotton weed scientists suggest several options…
The Search for SCN Resistance
Peking Resistance Could Boost Farmers’ Bottom Line. Where is It? Imagine a soybean trait that could save many Midwest soybean…
Tips for Tackling Damaged Corn
Grain-quality issues that plagued the 2019 growing season continue to haunt farmers in 2020. The evidence can been seen in…