‘Exceptional’ cropland, ‘prime’ pastureland sell at auction
Land Auctions: Sales include prime pasture land, exceptional cropland, CRP ground and acreages. “Exceptional” cropland in northern North Dakota and “prime” pastureland in eastern South Dakota were...
View ArticleUnderstanding Ag consulting, education firm names CEO
In response to “rapid growth,” Understanding Ag has appointed Walter Lynn Jr. as its CEO. Understanding Ag LLC, the regenerative agriculture consulting education company that Gabe Brown, Bismarck,...
View ArticleLand sales, land prices rise in 2019
The median price per acre of land transactions during October 2018 and September 2019 increased to $5,500, according to 2019 Land Markets Survey. The 2019 Land Markets Survey was recently released by...
View ArticleMIDDAY Midwest Digest, Jan. 27, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about stock market portfolios, weather impact on reservoir management, coyote confrontations and farm dogs. Have you checked your stock market portfolio yet? This might be a week...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, January 28, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about the American Royal livestock show, and changes coming up.The American Royal, a livestock show staple near the Kansas Stockyards in Kansas City, Mo., has recently acquired...
View ArticleInternational feed tonnage decreases in 2019
Internationally, Alltech survey finds majority of animal feed goes to broilers and pigs. International feed tonnage decreased by 1.07% to 1.126 billion metric tons of feed produced last year, due...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Jan. 28, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about union workers, student fans in a fight, a poultry industry trade show and target body temperature changes. There are fewer unionized workers, falling to a new record low last...
View ArticleTariffs are contagious
White House will broaden its 2018 tariffs on steel and aluminum to include “derivative” products like nails, wire and auto panels. By Shawn DonnanIf you want to sum up the lesson from the past week in...
View ArticleWinning images from Fields-of-Corn Photo Contest
Harlen Persinger from Wisconsin and Tricia Braid of Illinois earn grand prizes in National Corn Growers Association contest. Photographers from Wisconsin and Illinois earned top prizes in this year's...
View ArticleConverted wetlands dispute comes to a close
Court resolves a decades old dispute between an Indiana farming family and the United States Department of Agriculture. In 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit resolved a...
View ArticleGeneral Mills launches regenerative ag pilot
Goal is to improve soil health, water quality in Cheney Reservoir region. General Mills has launched a regenerative agriculture pilot with farmers in Kansas’ Cheney Reservoir watershed, which provides...
View ArticleStrong soil structure brings stability during record rainfall
Soil health practices helped these three South Dakota farmers plant and harvest more acres in 2019. In 2019, a year with record precipitation, some farmers say they saw the value of strong soil...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, January 29, 2020
Max Armstrong shares statistics about the Conservation Reserve Program. The CRP signup is happening right now. The program offers a yearly rental payment for volunteer conservation, and offers many...
View ArticleDriving sustainable agriculture
Kellogg's will work with farmers and suppliers to phase out desiccation with glyphosate. The Kellogg Company has committed to phasing out the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent in its...
View ArticleCompanies partner on new high-speed planter system
Kinze, Ag Leader launch a new high-speed planter row unit that offers a top speed of 12 mph. In a fast-moving ag world, partnerships can make sense. Planter technology is advancing quickly as farmers...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Jan. 29, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about 3M layoffs, a mask poll, market stabilization and air crashes. 3M announced layoffs and trimmed future earning projections. They have ramped up production on face masks,...
View ArticleRegistration now open for 2020 National Pork Industry Forum
At the meeting, Pork Act delegates will rank 10 candidates for the National Pork Board and submit the list to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for approval. Producer delegates from across the United...
View ArticleNew ASF vaccine shows promise
African Swine Fever has been devastating in China and there is no commercially available vaccine against the disease. By Ainslie Chandler and Agnieszka de SousaGovernment and academic experts in the...
View ArticleTrump signs USMCA
U.S. joins Mexico in approving new NAFTA, pact awaits action in Canada. President Trump signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement today, surrounded by business leaders wearing hard hats, USA Today...
View ArticleAllow for potential feed cost volatility in hog budgets
Hog Outlook: Corn and soybean meal prices will be the big drivers. Corn prices were volatile in 2019. Given the uncertainty regarding what gets planted on 2019 prevented planting acres, corn prices...
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