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This Week in Agribusiness, August 17, 2019
Max Armstrong and Orion Samuelson get a detailed look at the markets with Richard Brock and talk with a variety of ag experts at fairs around the Midwest. Part 1Note: The video automatically plays...
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USDA crop progress: Corn quality slips a point
Analysts had expected steady week-over-week quality; soybeans also down a point Analysts expected USDA to keep corn and soybean quality ratings unchanged for the week ending August 18. But the...
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Administration officials prepare for trade negotiations
Trade war predicted to lower world GDP President Donald Trump has pushed trade into the daily headlines. Here’s some of the latest trade news we’re seeing.According to a report by Bloomberg Economics’...
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Washington apple crop gets a boost
Good growing conditions help producers show a big increase in year-over-year production. When you say apple, often the word Washington is close by — at least in your mind. The state has long been a...
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Roadway changes near Farm Progress Show increase safety
Visitors to the 2019 Decatur, Ill., show arriving from the west and north will stay on Route 48 for a half-mile longer, taking pressure off the interstate. When it comes to moving slow-going traffic...
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Corteva takes tents to whole new level at FPS
The Corteva Agriscience exhibit showcases the Farm Progress Show “tent of the future.” The Farm Progress Show is coming up Aug. 27-29 in Decatur, Ill. Even if you can’t get to the part of the exhibit...
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Farm Progress America, August 20, 2019
Max Armstrong shares insight on a new ag-focused movie Max Armstrong offers a look at “Silo” a movie that offers a look at grain bin entrapment. Film maker Sam Goldberg felt he could shed light on a...
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Bayer sells animal health division to Elanco
The $7.6 billion deal is expected to be completed in mid-2020 and is subject to customary closing conditions Bayer is selling its animal health business to Elanco Animal Health for $7.6 billion. The...
View ArticleMORNING Midwest Digest, Aug. 20, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about animal welfare, an animal incident, bears, crop conditions and a retiring baseball announcer. One presidential candidate is campaigning about animal welfare.Detroit residents...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Aug. 20, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about weather delays, National Radio Day, the Half Century of Progress show, crop conditions and a special pie day. Flights were cancelled at the DeMoines, Iowa, airport due to a...
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Key tips for handling, drying wet grain
If you intend to harvest corn over 24% moisture, these insights can help. Gary Woodruff has seen lots of growing seasons come and go during his career in the agriculture industry. But Woodruff,...
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Field demos are on for FPS19
Farm Progress Show manager says field demos are a go for #FPS19, harvesting 77-day corn planted May 17. Farm Progress Show host farmers are planning a wet harvest ahead of field demonstrations...
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Are you doing your hemp homework?
Lack of national standard leads to confusion: an arrest in South Dakota and prosecution on hold in Nebraska There’s more interest in hemp than anything he’s ever seen, House Agriculture Committee...
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Trump suggests rescinding ethanol waivers
U.S. biofuel policy pits two of Trump’s top political constituencies -- farmers and oil interests -- against each other By Jennifer Jacobs, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Mario ParkerPresident Donald Trump...
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Fendt row crop tractors stir interest in Kansas
Agco displayed the new Fendt 900 and 700 Series tractors at three Kansas dealerships. Kansas farmers got a chance to see, ride and drive the new German-made Fendt 900 and 700 Series tractors when Agco...
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Company supports ‘internet of things’
IoT America is a firm aiming to provide farmers support for new crop monitoring and measurement tools. The phrase “internet of things,” or IoT, is gaining some traction in agriculture as companies...
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Farm Progress America, August 21, 2019
Max Armstrong offers a preview of how companies that make unmanned aerial vehicles and software at the Farm Progress Show Max Armstrong talks about unmanned aerial vehicles that will be at the Farm...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Aug. 21, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about 401k millionaires, farmer anger from an ethanol decision and a tribute to a young farmer killed in a grain bin accident in Minnesota. How's your 401K? There are millionaires...
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Poet idles production due to SREs
Trump administration action reduces ethanol demand, leading Poet to idle production and consolidate jobs Poet will idle production at its bioprocessing facility in Cloverdale, Indiana, due to recent...
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Tech tool focused on postharvest management
Ag startup Native, while opening in a specialty market, is crop-agnostic, and it offers the potential for postharvest management of any crop. Modern agriculture is seeing a lot more attention from ag...
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