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WOTUS Sent Back to EPA
Judge Finds EPA Failed to Follow Administrative Procedure Act The 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule may…
Crop Insurance Options for Farmers Affected by Flooding or Excess Moisture
USDA’s Risk Management Agency reminds producers who have federal crop insurance coverage and are unable to plant a crop because…
Prevented Planting, 2019 Market Facilitation Program Payments, Disaster Assistance, and Price Dynamics
We stand at a point of extreme price and policy uncertainty. In the Midwest, corn planting is historically late and…
ASF Outbreak Shifts in China
Signs of Pork Shortage Now Showing Up in Major Chinese Cities The impact of China’s African swine fever outbreak has…
Cattle Under Threat as Bovine Anaplasmosis Re-emerges
Vector-borne anaplasmosis can be spread by ticks, flies and repeat use of tools. Bovine anaplasmosis, a vector-borne bacterial infection that…
Ethanol Represents Fastest Growing U.S. Ag Export
A recent analysis by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) shows non-beverage ethanol has been the fastest growing U.S. agricultural export…
Barbre Examines How Crop Insurance Can Help Specialty Growers
What Can Be Done to Improve Crop Insurance? Language in the 2018 Farm Bill provides continued support for the federal…
Corn, Soybean Planting Slogs on in Waterlogged US Midsection
Farmers in the waterlogged midsection of the U.S. continued to slowly slog along in planting corn and soybeans last week,…
Considering Crop Options
Revisit Hedges as Late Planting Season Begins With spring rains that won’t cease, farmers will be increasingly pushed over the…
Hackathon supports agriculture problem-solving
USDA data supports “hackathon” for agriculture problem-solving competition Collaborators at the hackathon used the USDA’s soil, geospatial, and water forecasting…