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MORNING Midwest Digest, March 26, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about states with few COVID cases, an all-day breakfast suspension, respirators from truck parts, USDA work and toilet paper usage. Some states have no deaths from COVID-19, and...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, March 26, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about social distancing, e-learning, the stimulus bill and more. How is social distancing working? They can track it watching cell signals. Some in the Upper Midwest get an...
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United States hog inventory up 4%
Economists say since COVID-19 crisis, cash prices of major products, such as hams and pork loins, are holding up well, however there is significant weakness in the pork belly market. According to the...
View Article3.4 million acres accepted for CRP
This completes first general signup since 2016; signups continue for continuous CRP and other conservation programs. More than 3.4 million acres have been accepted in the general Conservation Reserve...
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Farm Progress America, March 27, 2020
Max Armstrong looks at a medicine from Bayer that may be finding a new use Max Armstrong shares the story of a Bayer scientist who invented resochin, a form of chloroquine, which is on the World...
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COVID-19 won't stop seed, chemicals
Seed and crop protection companies say farmers can rest easy: Seed and chemicals are largely distributed. Sick truck drivers is the only potential bottleneck. With 95% of their corn already delivered...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, March 27, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about COVID risk level designations, the Real ID deadline, dust mask donations, oil supplies and spreading holiday cheer. The Trump Administration may start categorizing counties...
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Agriculture continues as COVID-19 threatens nation
Farmers are vulnerable to COVID-19: what they need to know U.S. agriculture continues to function as the nation hunkers down to limit spread of COVID-19.Even as farmers and ranchers produce food for...
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Workers at meat processing plants testing positive for COVID-19
Some facilities may have to shutter for cleaning and worker quarantines. By Lydia Mulvany, Deena Shanker and Isis AlmeidaPoultry giant Sanderson Farms Inc. on Monday reported the first case of a...
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U.S. moves to loosen requirements for H-2 visa applicants
Move made to ensure steady stream of labor for agriculture sector during COVID-19. In order to meet a critical need, U.S. consular officers have been directed to expand the categories of H-2 visa...
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Planters roll while school closings bring extra help
This week's Around Farm Progress podcast offers insight into what's ahead for the 2020 planting year, including the supply situation in light of COVID-19. And what about university research? In this...
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House advances COVID-19 relief package
Direct food- and agriculture-related provisions in the CARES Act total approximately $49 billion of $2 trillion measure. Following the Senate’s unanimous passage late on Wednesday evening, the House...
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This Week in Agribusiness, March 28, 2020
The COVID-1 bill, cattle markets and new products are featured this week. Part 1Mike Pearson mans this desk this week.Max Armstrong talks online with USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey about the...
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Falling energy prices take toll on ethanol production
Green fuel plants are shutting down and some may never come back The coronavirus and cheap oil are hitting the fuel business so hard that ethanol plants are shutting down. Some may never come back.The...
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Farm Progress America, March 30, 2020
Max Armstrong offers insight for agriculture in light of the current coronavirus crisis Max Armstrong answers an interesting request from a professor to record a video for an agriculture class. Max...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, March 30, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about coronavirus, new technology from Battelle, wheat futures and being grateful for those working at grocery stores. (audio) Across the country, there's a scramble for masks,...
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Raven buys the rest of DOT Technology
South Dakota tech firm accelerates investment in autonomy firm, noting commercial potential Raven Industries announced that it has entered into agreements to acquire the remaining equity of DOT...
View ArticleMIDDAY Midwest Digest, March 30, 2020
Max Armstrong talks about the coronavirus, upcoming National Hog Farmer meeting and people losing health coverage. Can sunlight kill the coronavirus? It's one of the stories circulating in the social...
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ADM closes on bond offering
The action will reduce the company’s exposure to short-term credit market volatility. On March 27, ADM closed on a $1.5 billion notes offering, comprised of $0.5 billion aggregate principal amount of...
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The biofuel industry faces a reckoning
Slumping ethanol demand and lower prices mean smaller biofuel producers and those with more debt may not survive. By Isis Almeida, Fabiana Batista and Michael HirtzerThe coronavirus and cheap oil are...
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