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Beef lags behind chicken in U.S. per capita meat consumption
Per capita meat consumption in 2020 may surpass 1960 record. USDA forecasts that U.S. per capita meat consumption in 2020 may reach 220.9 pounds, the highest since 1960. There is, however, quite a...
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Follow kernel development all the way to harvest
Corn Illustrated: Understanding kernel development is key in a late planting year. This year, many cornfields in the Midwest will be in the grain-fill stage all the way into October. Hence, it’s...
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Administration officials prepare for trade negotiations
Trade war predicted to lower world GDP President Donald Trump has pushed trade into the daily headlines. Here’s some of the latest trade news we’re seeing.According to a report by Bloomberg Economics’...
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Roadway changes near Farm Progress Show increase safety
Visitors to the 2019 Decatur, Ill., show arriving from the west and north will stay on Route 48 for a half-mile longer, taking pressure off the interstate. When it comes to moving slow-going traffic...
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Corteva takes tents to whole new level at FPS
The Corteva Agriscience exhibit showcases the Farm Progress Show “tent of the future.” The Farm Progress Show is coming up Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. Even if you can’t get to the part of the exhibit...
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Farm Progress America, August 20, 2019
Max Armstrong shares insight on a new ag-focused movie Max Armstrong offers a look at “Silo” a movie that offers a look at grain bin entrapment. Film maker Sam Goldberg felt he could shed light on a...
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Toy tractors ready to pull
The National Micro-Mini Tractor Pullers Association will hold a pull each day of the Farm Progress Show. Farmers are famous for collecting toy tractors, but adding a motor and pulling a sled — just...
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Field demos are on for FPS19
Farm Progress Show manager says field demos are a go for #FPS19, harvesting 77-day corn planted May 17. Farm Progress Show host farmers are planning a wet harvest ahead of field demonstrations...
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Grain remains No. 1 export from Duluth-Superior port
By tonnage, grain is the No. 4 cargo at the port behind iron ore, coal and limestone. By Jayson HronGrain shipping has long been an important part of the Duluth Port, dating back to 1871 when the...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Aug. 20, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about weather delays, National Radio Day, the Half Century of Progress show, crop conditions and a special pie day. Flights were cancelled at the DeMoines, Iowa, airport due to a...
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Key tips for handling, drying wet grain
If you intend to harvest corn over 24% moisture, these insights can help. Gary Woodruff has seen lots of growing seasons come and go during his career in the agriculture industry. But Woodruff,...
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Are you doing your hemp homework?
Lack of national standard leads to confusion: an arrest in South Dakota and prosecution on hold in Nebraska There’s more interest in hemp than anything he’s ever seen, House Agriculture Committee...
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Trump suggests rescinding ethanol waivers
U.S. biofuel policy pits two of Trump’s top political constituencies -- farmers and oil interests -- against each other By Jennifer Jacobs, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Mario ParkerPresident Donald Trump...
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Fendt row crop tractors stir interest in Kansas
Agco displayed the new Fendt 900 and 700 Series tractors at three Kansas dealerships. Kansas farmers got a chance to see, ride and drive the new German-made Fendt 900 and 700 Series tractors when Agco...
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Company supports ‘internet of things’
IoT America is a firm aiming to provide farmers support for new crop monitoring and measurement tools. The phrase “internet of things,” or IoT, is gaining some traction in agriculture as companies...
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Farm Progress America, August 21, 2019
Max Armstrong offers a preview of how companies that make unmanned aerial vehicles and software at the Farm Progress Show Max Armstrong talks about unmanned aerial vehicles that will be at the Farm...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Aug. 21, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about 401k millionaires, farmer anger from an ethanol decision and a tribute to a young farmer killed in a grain bin accident in Minnesota. How's your 401K? There are millionaires...
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Poet idles production due to SREs
Trump administration action reduces ethanol demand, leading Poet to idle production and consolidate jobs Poet will idle production at its bioprocessing facility in Cloverdale, Indiana, due to recent...
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Soybean farmers on mission to develop new markets
South Dakota soybean grower Dawn Scheier among those who visited Cambodia With the ongoing trade war impacting sales to the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans, it’s urgent for soybean farmers to develop...
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Tech tool focused on postharvest management
Ag startup Native, while opening in a specialty market, is crop-agnostic, and it offers the potential for postharvest management of any crop. Modern agriculture is seeing a lot more attention from ag...
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