A strain of bird flu that's deadly to poultry but poses no immediate public health concern has been detected in Missouri, state agriculture officials announced Sunday. The Missouri Department of Agriculture said in a news release that the virus was…
This winter, farmers will undoubtedly be confronted with the infamous supply curve for commodities. Economists can’t explain what’s for lunch without drawing X-Y axes with price rising upward and quantity growing to the right. On this academic playing field, the…
Sorghum demand and basis are strong, and many farmers are considering planting more of the crop in 2018. The United Sorghum Board (USB) expects a total of 6.7 million acres, an increase of 1 million acres—a 17% hike—from 2017 levels.…
The European Union is continuing its probe into the possible combination of Bayer and Monsanto companies. Reuters reports EU antitrust investigators extended their investigation until March 12-five business days later than before. The more than $60 billion deal had been…
Additional packing capacity marked 2017 as a stand out year for hog producers. Large export and domestic demand also kept cattle supplies robustly current. Now, consumers are finally getting to take home the bacon and steaks, respectively. Pork production hit…
Frigid temperatures mean more than just bundling up. For many farmers, it could mean their wheat crop has taken a hit. While there’s been some respite between cold snaps, they still could have caused damage. “As far as hard red…
Body: AccuWeather reports while winter's deep freeze is taking a break across the United States, there is a chance the brutally cold conditions experienced during early January may return in the weeks ahead. The air moving in behind a blizzard…
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 2018 during a town hall at Reinford Farms in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania. "Since my first day as the Secretary of Agriculture, I've…
Hay supplies in Michigan have definitely decreased in the last six months. Going into the 2017 summer season, the growing first cutting hay crop looked good and the carry-over from a second mild winter on farms had many feeling they…
Despite the controversy in 2017, it’s likely Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean and cotton acres will increase this year. Monsanto says there is enough supply to double soybean acres in 2018, compared with 2017, to 40 million acres, which is…