TOP AG NEWS
2020 Flood Risks on Big Muddy
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning residents throughout the Missouri River watershed that the risks for spring flooding…
Feedback From The Field – Oct. 28, 2019
How are your crops faring this year? What are your hopes for yields? We’re asking growers about what’s really happening…
Dairy Recovery Set to Continue Into Next Year
After several years of painfully low dairy prices and high feed costs, it’s clear that we are in the middle…
Recovering Waterlogged and Flooded Farmland for 2020
In the spring of 2019, the rain never seemed to stop. While officials in the Delta are still collecting rain…
The Conservation Question, Part 2-Lessons Written in Dust
The images are indelible, captured in novels, history books, songs and old black-and-white photographs. During the mid-1930s, as Americans were…
Rabo AgriFinance Designs Industry’s First Organic Transition Loan Offering
Rabo AgriFinance has announced a new loan product that can make it more financially viable for farmers to seek organic…
USDA Encourages Affected Producers to Contact Agents for Delayed Harvest
Producers can file a Notice of Loss and request more time to harvest The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said…
Groups Sue EPA on Small-Refinery Waiver
Biofuels and agriculture groups have filed a legal challenge against EPA’s approval of 31 additional small-refinery exemptions in August. Groups…
Historical Analysis of Prevent Plant Cropland in Nebraska
Nebraska crop producers reported unprecedented levels of prevented plant land for the 2019 growing season. Prevented plant cropland exceeded 420,000…
Kansas City Fed: Farm Lending Growth Slows, But Weakness in the Sector Persists
In an update last week from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (“Farm Lending Slows but Remains High“) Cortney Cowley and Ty…