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MORNING Midwest Digest, Oct. 18, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about a missing man found, rural pharmacies, the corn sweetener battle, and millennials falling for scams. A Missouri man reported missing has been found.Rural pharmacies are...
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Duvall talks about 'perfect storm' affecting farmers
American Farm Bureau president discusses trade, rural infrastructure, research and development at conference. As American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall points out, trade isn't an easy subject to...
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Senators ask Perdue to prioritize SAFE enrollment
More than 2 million acres enrolled in SAFE since enrollment began in 2008 A bipartisan group of 17 senators sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Oct. 17 urging the secretary to...
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This Week in Agribusiness, October 19, 2019
Max Armstrong and Chad Colby have a lot to sift through as a dramatic harvest season rolls on. Part 1Note: The video automatically plays through all show parts once you start.Max Armstrong and Chad...
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Precision technology showing up in all facets of agriculture
What’s New From the Shows: From measuring weather precisely to sensing moisture in the soil, technology is changing how you farm. By Farm Progress staffYou don’t have to guess whether the soil is “a...
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FFAR, National Pork Board fund African swine fever research teams
Iowa State University researchers are focusing on how best to identify foreign animal diseases at low prevalence in large commercial pens using oral fluid samples. To help keep the U.S. African swine...
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ASF continues to spread
Disease is particularly active in Vietnam in early October A new study from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine finds the risk of African Swine Fever arriving in the United...
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NCBA praises bill to expand risk management training
Livestock Risk Management and Education Act aims to improve producers knowledge of futures markets U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, and Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, introduced the...
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A day in the life of U.S. agriculture
From harvest to transport, specialty crops to livestock operations, there is so much that happens across the country in one day when it comes to agriculture. We reach far and wide at Farm Progress....
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Weed management meetings to put on your calendar
Topics include biocontrols, glyphosate, dicamba tank clean-out and using cover crops as weed management Ready to learn more about weed management? Check out these upcoming meetings where presenters...
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Just trying to make the ESA work better
Water Lines: Efforts to refine the Endangered Species Act are battered by naysayers who claim changes would “gut” the program. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In late September, I had the...
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Farm Progress America, October 23, 2019
Max Armstrong offers some insight into a new apple coming from Washington state Max Armstrong talks apples and the production in Washington state. There’s excitement about a new variety of apple...
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Chinese buy 190,000 tons soybeans
Chinese return to the American soybean market after processors granted permission to buy without tariffs By Bloomberg NewsChinese buyers are back in the market for American soybeans after crushers in...
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White House sides with EPA over USDA objections
USDA warned the EPA's plan was inconsistent with earlier Trump promise on RFS By Jennifer A. DlouhyAdministration officials warned that an EPA plan for boosting biofuel-blending requirements violated...
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Brazil imposes seasonality clause on ethanol imports
Clause limits amount of ethanol that can be imported without tariff On Aug. 31, Brazil raised the tariff-free quota for ethanol imports from the U.S., but it is now reversing direction.On. Sept. 2,...
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Technology influences modern fertilizer application
What’s New From the Shows: Learn about various methods to apply fertilizer more accurately and efficiently. By Farm Progress staff The days of pulling home a spinner spreader owned by the local...
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Putin on mission to modernize Russian dairy industry
Russia has bought 45,000 heifers worth about $110 million from the EU this year By Anatoly MedetskyPresident Vladimir Putin is on a mission to wean Russia off foreign food and modernize the dairy...
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Rural ACO Improvement Act introduced
Bill puts rural providers on a level playing field with their urban counterparts Sens. Pat Roberts and Catherine Cortez Masto teamed up to introduce legislation to put health care providers on a level...
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Community Prosperity Training sessions planned
Workshops aim to assist communities in locally driven process to address challenges in their region USDA is launching Centers of Community Prosperity, which are designed to increase the capacity of...
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Many spots work for year-round grazing
Managing pastures in new ways offers the chance to get high-quality grazing without needing supplemental hay. Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final story in a series on grazing management.By...
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