NFU members Fly-in to Washington, D.C.
Annual visit to nation's capitol includes meetings with USDA officials, lawmakers and industry experts Nearly 400 National Farmers Union’s family farmer and rancher members are in Washington, D.C., to...
View ArticleComment on draft National Water Reuse Plan
Goal of plan is to bolster the sustainability, security and resilience of the nation’s water resources The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft National Water Reuse Action Plan...
View ArticleDiversification is best response to climate change
Climate change puts commodity-dependent countries most at risk The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s Commodities and Development Report 2019 finds that economic and export...
View Article$1.8 million awarded for corn drought tolerance research
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are focusing on drought stress during corn’s flowering and grain-growing lifecycle stages The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is awarding an...
View ArticleNew South Dakota animal disease lab opens
A new laboratory on the SDSU campus will help guard against livestock disease. South Dakota State University recently cut the ribbon on the new $58-million South Dakota Animal Disease Research and...
View ArticleConnectivity matters in field sensor use
The internet of things is a phrase that’s starting to catch on in agriculture. Here’s some insight on the technology. The internet of things, or IoT, is getting rising attention in agriculture. The...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, September 12, 2019
Max Armstrong shares how emotion and advocacy may need some separation Max Armstrong continues his talk about ag advocacy and why farmers are best to tell that story. Max shares that sometimes farmers...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Sept. 12, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about a vegetarian menu, a biofuels rally, an earthquake in the Ozarks, a vaping cartridge investigation and more. Taco Bell is launching a dedicated, in-store vegetarian menu...
View ArticleCorteva, NSTA partner on science resources
Each science-based lesson plan uses hands-on activities to fuel deeper student engagement in STEM A series of 10 teacher-reviewed lesson plans exploring food and agricultural themes are now available...
View Article6 points from equipment sales report
Self-propelled combine sales increased 11.5% in August, according to Association of Equipment Manufacturers Low crop prices don’t appear to be deterring farmers from making capital investments. U.S....
View ArticleU.S., China exchange gesture of goodwill
Trade war latest: President Trump postpones tariffs by 2 weeks as China considers importing U.S. soy and pork By Bloomberg NewsThe U.S. and China are taking baby steps to ease tensions in their trade...
View ArticleEPA repeals WOTUS rule
EPA Administrator Wheeler says agency is delivering on President Trump's promise of regulatory reform The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing the 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule.“Today, EPA and...
View ArticleUniversity of Minnesota releases new spring wheat
MN-Washburn includes a gene for resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus. There’s a new hard red spring wheat variety available for 2020 that contains a gene for resistance to barley yellow dwarf...
View ArticleFMC’s new in-furrow fungicide shines in show plots
Slideshow: The new flutriafol formulation helps protect corn plants all the way through harvest. If there is one positive thing that comes from a challenging growing season like the one farmers have...
View Article7 ag stories you might have missed this week - Sept. 13, 2019
Tariffs, trade aid hits road block and regenerative agriculture among news of the week Missed some agricultural news this week? Here’s seven stories to catch you up.1. The Wall Street Journal’s Jason...
View ArticleTate & Lyle, Sustain partner to increase sustainability
Sustainabilty initiative launches on 1.5 million acres of U.S. corn Tate & Lyle PLC and Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN have partnered to help Midwest corn farmers more effectively target and measure the...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, September 13, 2019
Max Armstrong offers a final bit of insight on the work farmers are doing to promote agriculture Max Armstrong wraps up his comments about agriculture telling its own story and the many ways to do it....
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Sept. 13, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about reduced interest rates, recent rainfall amounts, corn and soybean yields and criminals. The inflation report suggest the fed will reduce interest rates next week.Have you had...
View ArticleChina encourages U.S. farm product purchases
China's move is latest effort to ease tensions in trade war before trade talks resume in Washington By Bloomberg NewsChina said it is encouraging companies to buy U.S. farm products including soybeans...
View ArticleProducers welcome news China is halting punitive tariffs on pork
Pork is in short supply in China because African swine fever has ravaged the Chinese hog herd and significantly reduced the production of pork. U.S. pork producers received some positive news Friday...
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