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7 ag stories you might have missed this week - July 26, 2019
Trade aid announced, Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act passes in New York and the Floatingfarm Need a quick catch up on the news? Here are seven ag stories you might have missed this week. 1. USDA...
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National Crop Insurance Services launches new website
Crop insurance policies protect nine out of every 10 planted acres of principle cropsNational Crop Insurance Services has launched a new website at CropInsurance101.org that aims to be an...
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Mexican craft brewers visit North Dakota, Montana
All of the brewers belong to Cerveceros de Mexico A group of craft brewers from Mexico saw their prime ingredient - barley - in the field for the first time ever during a trade team recently organized...
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A focus on year-round grazing
Through improved pastures and low-stress stock handling, the Sieben Livestock Co. is maximizing pastures Planning makes grazing cattle year-round in the Rocky Mountain West possible. It does require...
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Farm Progress America, July 26, 2019
Max Armstrong shares information from the latest UN FAO report on hunger Max Armstrong offers a look at the United Nations Food and Agriculture report that shows the trend in world hunger remained...
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Brazilian court orders Petroleo Brasileiro to refuel Iranian ships
Ships were stranded because Petrobras refused to refuel for fear of U.S. sanctions By Sabrina Valle and Tatiana FreitasA Brazilian top court justice ordered Petroleo Brasileiro SA to refuel two...
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This Week in Agribusiness – July 27, 2019
Max Armstrong and Steve Bridge look at crop progress, get a sense of key market issues and offer a preview of the 2019 Farm Progress Show Note: Start the video and all parts will play through as the...
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Garlic festival leaders 'devastated' after shooting
Gilroy, Calif., event was about to close when shots rang out, killing four, including the shooter. Leaders of a Gilroy, Calif., festival meant to highlight the area's prolific garlic production say...
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Oregon researchers refine ‘sticky’ tools
Chemical engineers have developed a vegetable oil-based adhesive that could also be eco-friendly. The versatility of vegetable oil-based products may surprise some consumers. For farmers however, it...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, July 29, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about diseased mosquitos, a flood wall in Iowa, crop tour reports and deployed Illinois soldiers. Eastern equine encephalitis has been found in mosquitos out East.After historic...
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ADM, Bunge fortunes change a year into trade war
Analysts cut average annual profit estimates for ADM by 6.2% in the past three months, while lifting Bunge by 1.8% By Mario Parker and Isis AlmeidaThe fortunes of two of the world’s largest...
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FCSAmerica study finds real estate values remain steady
Favorable interest rates and market facilitation payments support land values in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota The real estate market for cropland remained fairly stable in Iowa, Nebraska and South...
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China, U.S. negotiators meet amid low expectations
Deep tensions remain and neither side appears ready to compromise By Bloomberg NewsAlmost three months after their trade talks broke down in acrimony, Chinese and American negotiators meet again in...
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Agrisure Duracade approved for use in European Union
The trait from Syngenta gives growers rotational option for corn rootworm management The European Commission has granted Syngenta import approval for the Agrisure Duracade trait (event 5307).The trait...
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USDA crop progress: Corn quality picks up a point
Soybean quality finds subtly scrambled results last week Ahead of the latest USDA crop progress report, out Monday afternoon, analysts had expected the agency to hold steady its corn and soybean crop...
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6 highlights from Arden Mills Sustainability Report
Energy-saving projects yielded a reduction in 3,779 tons of greenhouse gases over fiscal year 2018 Flour-milling and ingredient company Arden Mills has released its annual Sustainability Report."Our...
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Farm Progress America, July 30, 2019
Max Armstrong looks at a key issue in the hemp industry - testing Max Armstrong continues his discussion of the recent Senate Ag Committee hearing on hemp. Max shares insight from the National Hemp...
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Avoid ‘circle of inaction’ in succession planning
Nebraska Extension expert will discuss farm and ranch succession planning at Husker Harvest Days. The word "retire" isn't part of most farmers' and ranchers' vocabularies. That's one of the big...
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Meet the people who make FPS field demos possible
Ed Harris helps lead the crew tasked with ensuring field demonstrations run smoothly. When everything goes right, which it normally does, you barely know they’re in the field. Yet without the crew...
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Environmental group targets cereal companies
Union of Concerned Scientists share data claiming small changes in demands by companies from farm sources could make a difference in consumers’ cereal bowls A new report by the Union of Concerned...
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