A collection of farming news feeds from credible sources
An agronomist says last fall’s late harvest is partly to blame for the regional shortages of anhydrous ammonia. Joel Steiber with Corteva AgriScience tells Brownfield, “I’ve got a couple of friends that farm in Iowa and...
China bought more U.S. pork during the week ending April 11th. The USDA says Beijing purchased 23,500 tons, bringing the two-week total to 101,200 tons, even as Chinese tariffs on U.S. pork remain in place during trade negotiations. African...
From left to right, Kanas Senator Moran, Iowa Senator Grassley, Iowa Senator Ernst and New York Senator Gillibrand. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers management of the 2019 Missouri River Basin flooding was the focus of a...
The Motorcade for Trade by Farmers for Free Trade rolled into Indiana this morning. The RV wrapped with information about the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement and its trading partners has already stopped in Ohio and Michigan....
The American Soybean Association (ASA) says it’s disappointed with a European Union (EU) decision to exclude agriculture from negotiations over an EU-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Minnesota farmer and ASA vice president Bill Gordon says the...
Mindy Brashears, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, spoke Monday at the UNL Food Innovation Center. The Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the USDA, Mindy Brashears, says there is still a lot to...
Preliminary trade negotiations between the US and Japan are scheduled to begin today. Japan is the largest value market for US beef and pork and US Meat Export Federation president and CEO Dan Halstrom says rapid progress on these...
Farmers impacted by this week’s major storm face a long road to recovery. A combination of snow, sleet and rain has lingered over the Midwest, burying livestock and further saturating fields. Mike Landuyt in southwest Minnesota says just...
The USDA has released the results of the 2017 Census which shows while the number of farms is declining slightly, the number of producers is increasing. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says a change in questioning captured a better...
The USDA says China purchased a lot of U.S. pork during the week ending April 4th. Beijing bought 77,700 tons, their first major purchase in several weeks as African Swine Fever continues to spread, devastating domestic...
