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The Top Hemp Stories From 2019
As writer Chris Bennett said, “Hemp is the belle of the crop ball in 2019, with farmers lined up for…
Economic Review of Milk Costs in 2018 and Projections for the Rest of 2019 and 2020
Lower milk prices still resulted in continued negative economic returns for Illinois dairy producers in 2018, according to figures summarized…
Some Livestock Groups Oppose USMCA, But Most Commodities See Benefits
Most agricultural groups offered strong praise after the House overwhelmingly passed the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement on Thursday, but some…
U.S. Research Shows Promise in Race to Create Effective ASF Vaccine
In a recently published research paper, a team of USDA researchers at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center reported new-found…
UC Davis Releases 5 New Wine Grape Varieties
or the first time since the 1980s, University of California, Davis, researchers have released new varieties of wine grapes. The…
Frustration From the Corn Belt Over EPA Biofuel Refinery Waivers
Background Earlier this month, Reuters writers Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw reported that, “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler told a biofuels company…
Senate Vote on Trade Agreement Likely to Follow Impeachment Trial
A day after voting to impeach President Donald Trump in a partisan vote, the House of Representatives gave the president…
Mapping the Market Facilitation Program-Part 2
Previous analysis of the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) compared the 2018 and 2019 MFP programs, outlining differences in the design…
2020 Outlook-3 Milk Market Factors To Watch
The factors that drive milk prices are often complex. Dairy farmers recently walked through a three-year cycle of low prices,…
2019 Just Won’t Go Away
This year will go down in history as one of the most challenging for Midwest producers. Thanks to a persistent…