This Week in Agribusiness – January 18, 2020
Max Armstrong and Mike Pearson talk trade, markets and ag technology Note: Start the video and all parts will play through as the full showPart 1 - China deal, potato meeting, markets in-depthMax...
View ArticleARC or PLC?
Schedule your appointment now to enroll in ARC, PLC programs. Agricultural producers are encouraged to enroll in the Agriculture Risk and Price Loss Coverage programs. The enrollment deadline for the...
View ArticleRethinking planter design
Slideshow: In a first look, we get up close and personal with the new Fendt Momentum planter. Note: This report includes a video at the end that explains key features and shows the planter in action...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, January 20, 2020
Max Armstrong shares insight on challenges facing the dairy processing industry Max Armstrong looks at the changing dairy industry with corporate reorganizations from 2019. Max offers insight from an...
View ArticleChanging customer impacts ag retail
Farmers aren’t insulated from the changing ways people buy, and that’s offering new opportunities for retailers. Today’s consumer is not the buyer of the past, and that’s just as true on the farm as...
View ArticleMORNING-Midwest Digest, January 20, 2020
Subbing for Max Armstrong, Steve Alexander shares stories about the Super Bowl, winter weather, Farm Bureau and a valuable footstool Broadcaster Steve Alexander notes that the NFL came close to an...
View ArticleTrump praises farmers and trade
In his third trip to the American Farm Bureau convention, President Trump touts trade, regulatory and economic wins, while thanking farmers for standing with him. President Donald Trump got right to...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, January 21, 2020
Max Armstrong shares insights on challenges facing grain elevators highlighted in a new CoBank report Max Armstrong offers a look at the challenges facing the grain elevator business with basis on...
View ArticleMIDDAY-Midwest Digest, January 20, 2020
Subbing for Max Armstrong, Broadcaster Steve Alexander talks Super Bowl, better weather ahead for the Midwest and an earthquake in Kansas Steve Alexander sits in for Max Armstrong who is attending the...
View ArticlePerdue calls third round of MFP 'imminent'
Speaking to members of the farm bureau, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue says not to expect MFP on 2020 crops, but says third round of 2019 is coming U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue addressed...
View ArticleMIDDAY Midwest Digest, Jan. 21, 2020
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about a gun accident, unplanted farmland, charging stations and more. An Indiana man was horsing around with his child when the gun in his waistband fired,...
View ArticleTry new closing wheels in your fields
Precision Planting introduces the FurrowForce closing wheel system. For all the new technology that has evolved for planters over the past decade, how to best close the trench over the seed has...
View ArticleNew coronavirus kills four, sickens hundreds
China remains ground zero for the emergence of many dangerous new infections. By Bloomberg NewsLeaning over a metal cage stuffed with live hens in Shanghai, Ran looked for just the right specimen for...
View ArticleSoybean growers visit southeast Asia
Soybean growers stress four key points while visiting Cambodia and Myanmar. U.S. soybean growers celebrated a milestone while in Cambodia earlier this month.The American Soybean Association’s World...
View ArticleNational Pork Board undergoes first major restructuring in 20 years
Changes align leaders, staff with work that must be done, such as making improvements through We Care and protecting swine health from foreign animal disease. The National Pork Board has announced...
View ArticleReport explores biofuel impact on deforestation
Report: Biofuels not to blame for increased agricultural activity in southeast Asia. The impacts of U.S. biofuel policy on deforestation in Malaysia and Indonesia are found to be insignificant in a...
View ArticleFFA members, are you going to NCBA Trade Show?
Culver's Thank You Farmers project to pay for 250 FFA members to attend NCBA Trade Show. Culver's will pay the registration fees of the first 250 FFA members and advisers for FFA Day at the National...
View ArticleEnvironmental act should not be climate change tool
Water Lines: The National Environmental Policy Act was aiming for one approach, but the Trump administration is changing the course for the better. The White House Council on Environmental Quality...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, January 22, 2020
Max Armstrong shares insight into livestock production and misconceptions regarding greenhouse gas emissions Max Armstrong offers a look at how popular groups are blaming livestock for greenhouse...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Jan. 22, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about a fight at a basketball game, dairy policy, crop reporting, a killed bald eagle and more. There was a fight after the Kansas State University basketball game, and a slap on...
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