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USDA moves prevent plant haying, grazing date to Sept. 1
Silage, haylage and baleage will be treated in same manner for this year Farmers who planted cover crops on prevented plant acres will be permitted to hay, graze or chop those fields earlier than...
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This Week in Agribusiness, June 22, 2019
This week we talk about a new biodefense plant, sprayer technology, disease control and more. Part 1Greg Soulje joins Max and Orion early with a weather prediction, hoping for some change.The USDA...
View ArticleNew strawberry plant sorter
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center, or NREC, in Pittsburgh have developed a plant-sorting machine that uses computer vision and machine learning to...
View ArticleCNMP is more than an acronym
Thad Konzen’s CNMP is brand-new –– so new, he’s still figuring out what it might mean to the two dairy operations he manages near Oakdale. CNMP is more than an acronymBy ANITA BROWNThad Konzen’s CNMP...
View ArticleSustainable ranch lessons from land
Rancher experience and knowledge is an untapped resource that could help broaden the scope of conservation activities and lead to more sustainable land management. Researchers gathered and codified...
View ArticleGrape trends
The 2009 grape crop was much larger than 2008, increasing by 23%, or nearly 700,000 tons. The increase in the Northern Interior was especially pronounced. The crop on the coast was mixed. Despite...
View ArticleGPS trims environmental impact
Precision agriculture took a major step forward occurred when in 1995 the United States’ GPS constellation NAVSTAR was made available for non-military use for the first time, explained Albert Zahalka,...
View ArticleHelp going organic
A growing number of California farmers are considering a switch to organic production, if you are one, check with your NRCS office. The Natural Resources Conservation Service, obligated $3.3 million...
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Conditions deteriorate in fragile rural economy
Wettest year in memory has stunted crops, with impacts stretching through agricultural supply chain By Mario Parker, Denitsa Tsekova and Michael HirtzerFrom 100 feet up in the air, Indiana crop duster...
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Bringing tech and agronomy together
Agco’s purchase of Precision Planting is just one tech area where the company continues to evolve; creation of a new telemetry product enhances machine fleet management The world of precision ag...
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LOL, Agrifirm partner in Agrilakes
New dairy animal feed joint venture will serve Chinese dairy producers U.S.-based Land O'Lakes, Inc. and The Netherlands-based Royal Agrifirm Group will be setting up a dairy animal feed joint...
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Leave a mark for the future
Your estate plan should do more than transfer assets; it should protect your operation for generations. By Michael A. DolanWhen you place your brand on your cattle, you leave a permanent mark on your...
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USDA provides $50 million for rural infrastructure projects
Contact your state office to inquire about additional funding through Community Facilities Direct Loan Program Forty rural communities are receiving a total of $50 million for community facilities and...
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What's being said about ERS, NIFA relocation?
Some support relocation, some don't support relocation; many expected to leave agency rather than relocate Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s plan to relocate the Economic Research Service and...
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USDA crop progress: Focus shifts from planting to crop quality
Corn quality erodes last week, per the latest agency data USDA is typically done reporting corn planting progress by late June, but this spring’s set of unusually wet circumstances has the agency...
View ArticleFarm Progress America, June 25, 2019
Max Armstrong looks at insight on how high-speed internet could provide major benefits to ag and rural America Max Armstrong shares insight on the potential for full broadband in the U.S. There’s a...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, June 25, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about recreational marijuana, the corn crop rating, the college World Series, flooded homes and a special funeral request. Another state will legalize recreational marijuana,...
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Metal ingestion a risk for hardware disease
Austin Hinds, food-animal medicine and surgery specialist at the Caine Center, University of Idaho, says hardware problems are most common in dairy cattle and feedlot beef animals. By HEATHER SMITH...
View ArticleEPA gives approval for TwinLink technology
Bayer CropScience has the OK from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its TwinLink technology in the U.S. and anticipates having it in FiberMax and Stoneville cotton varieties in 2013,...
View ArticleGlyphosate: What’s fact, fiction?
Labeled an “explosive topic,” glyphosate disease susceptibility and weed resistance was high on the agenda for the Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association’s annual meeting in Spokane, Wash., earlier...
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