Farmers Stuck in Mud, then Snow As Historic October Blizzard Follows Wet September
The great blizzard of October 2019 has a stunning, perhaps long-lasting effect in central North Dakota. At a time when…
60 Countries Take Part in 1st Global Ethanol Summit
Industry and government officials from 60 countries are meeting with U.S. officials in the nation’s capital this week at the…
Feedback From The Field – Oct. 14, 2019
How are your crops faring this year? What are your hopes for yields? We’re asking growers about what’s really happening…
‘Flash Drought’ Brings Dust and Dread to Southern Farmers
A furnace-like “flash drought” is intensifying as it blasts away the little moisture left across a vast swath of the…
Hemp Appeal-Newly Legal Crop Attracts New Generation of Farmers
Artist, sound engineer and adventure traveler Blu Fortner is adding “farmer” to his resume with his first commercial crop of…
Harvest Freeze Challenges
The threat that has been building throughout the spring and summer is finally imminent. A major winter freeze and snowstorm…
Powerful Storm Sweeps Across Northern U.S. Plains
A powerful snowstorm swept across parts of the central and northern U.S. plains in unseasonably cold temperatures and high winds…
PG&E Outage Slows California Ag to a Crawl
The forced blackout imposed by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to reduce fire danger amid high winds has slowed agricultural activities…
China Offers Agricultural Purchases as Trade Talks Set to Resume
Tom Mitchell reported on Wednesday at The Financial Times Online that, “Chinese officials are offering to increase purchases of US agricultural…
USDA Releases October Crop Production, WASDE Reports
USDA expects farmers to harvest 13.8 billion bushels (bb) of corn this fall with a national average yield of 168.4…