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Crop Insurance Deadline Nears for Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin producers that the final date to apply for crop insurance…
‘Ebola of Plant Viruses’ Concerns Tomato Industry
Virologists have brewed up a new alphabet soup — ToBRFV or tomato brown rugose fruit virus — and much to the consternation…
Farmers Talk Frost Dates and Farm Stress
It’s the billion-dollar question on everyone’s mind. Over gas station coffee or six-packs of beer, in farm-store aisles or church…
Trump Seeks Biofuels Plan
President Donald Trump will soon announce a plan to mitigate the effects of EPA’s small-refinery exemptions, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue…
USDA to Investigate Beef Margins Following Kansas Plant Fire
The USDA says it is launching an investigation into recent beef pricing margins in the wake of the Kansas beef…
Hemp Crop Insurance Coverage Available for 2020
Certain industrial hemp growers will be able to obtain insurance coverage under the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) program for crop…
Cash Rents Fall, but Enough?
The second article we wrote on this site was an analysis of cash rental trends. That was back in 2014 when cash…
USDA Expected to Announce Hemp Production, Processing Regulations Next Month
New rules for growing and testing hemp are coming this fall from the USDA, and that has farmers anxious about…
The Economic Importance of U.S. Animal Agriculture
Diversified grain and livestock farms were once the model of U.S. agriculture. Farms often had crop and animal enterprises to…
Trade Concerns at Farm Show
While farmers admire the latest agriculture machinery this week, leaders of national commodity groups at the Farm Progress Show are…