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Livestock Grazing Seen As Key Tool to Combat Wildfire Threat
Aaron Gilliam’s home is wherever his flock takes him. Recently, that’s been at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and at…
Studies Show Soil Health Practices Increase Farm Profitability
Today, American Farmland Trust (AFT), the organization behind the national movement No Farms No Food, is releasing four case studies…
Bankruptcy Expert-Producers Need to Be Transparent With Bankers
Farmers facing financial distress are better off not kicking the can down the road, experts on farm finances said during…
Rabobank Forecasts China’s Swine Herd to Be Cut in Half by End of Year
China’s pig herd could halve by the end of 2019 from a year earlier as an epidemic of African swine…
Acreage Unknowns Create Uncertainty Around Corn Supply and Demand
As the calendar turns to August, analysts are usually focused on estimating corn yields in anticipation of USDA’s first field…
Brazil’s Pork Is Flying to China, Records Show
The combination of the African Swine Fever, which generated the slaughter of nearly 200 million hogs in China, and the…
USDA’s RMA-Prevent Plant Claims Are More Than $458 Million
USDA’s Risk Management Agency is still calculating how many prevent plant acres are out in farm country. While the Department…
Prospects for Soybean Demand
Uncertainty regarding soybean acreage and yield potential will continue to be significant factors in soybean price movements through harvest. Without…
USDA Opens Signup for Market Facilitation Program
Signup is open for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to assist farmers who…
Texas Alternative Crop Outlook a Mixed Bag
Alternative crops like sunflowers and sesame experienced a mixed year amid variable market conditions for the commodities that produce everything…