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Changing U.S. Ag Labor Is a Long Process in the Making
For decades, access to reliable labor has been a top concern for many farmers and ranchers across the United States.…
December Storms Helped Sierra Snowpack
California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the first manual snow survey of 2020 at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded…
Health Expert Outlines Why China was Unable to Control African Swine Fever Epidemic
By Yanzhong Huang, a global-health expert specializing in China as this op-ed appeared in the New York Times On a recent…
Study Forecasts Precision Ag Market to Be $5.66 Billion in 2024
The “North America Precision Agriculture Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024” report has been added to…
Drones of the West?
There’s apparently a new night flight happening in eastern Colorado and western Nebraska and it’s got residents spooked. Swarms of…
Phase-One Deal Set for January 15th, as Chinese Imports of U.S. Soybeans Surge in November
Phase-One Trade Deal Set for January 15th Wall Street Journal writers Bob Davis, Andrew Restuccia and Lingling Wei reported on Tuesday that,…
Economists Predict 2020 Milk Price Average of $18
Dairy economists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are bullish about the Class III milk price in 2020. In 2019, Class…
IFES 2019-Illinois Farm Income-2019 Projections and Outlook for 2020
This is a presentation summary from the 2019 Illinois Farm Economics Summit (IFES) which occurred December 16-20, 2019. A complete…
Chinese Government Acts on GM Crops Ahead of Signing Trade Deal
With the signing of a phase-one trade deal between the United States and China perhaps just days away, the Chinese…
The Farm Bill 2018
This is a presentation summary from the 2019 Illinois Farm Economics Summit (IFES) which occurred December 16-20, 2019. A complete…