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This Week in Agribusiness, December 14, 2019
Max Armstrong and Orion Samuelson get the lowdown on trade news from this week, hear about GoPro cameras and look forward to 2020 on this week’s show. Part 1Note: The video automatically plays through...
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Candidates sought for Plant Variety Protection board
Board is comprised of farmers, plant breeders, seed industry experts, university professors and lawyers. The Plant Variety Protection Office is seeking candidates for the PVP Board. The term of the...
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Technology helps farmer use data to make decisions
Technology in the cab lets this Indiana farmer make comparisons in real time. Does it matter where you plant a specific hybrid or variety on your farm? Many seed company reps will tell you that it...
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Promise, challenges of outcomes-based pricing
Bayer has been trialing outcomes-based pricing with select farmers in the Corn Belt. There are many things to growing a good corn crop. Ben Riensche, owner and manager of Blue Diamond Farming Co. in...
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Overcome 2020’s top agronomic challenges
A North Dakota agronomist lists the top challenges he sees for the 2020 planting season. The planting season is likely going to be challenging no matter what the weather is like, said Jason Hanson of...
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Soil Health Coalition Conference set for Jan. 15-16
The conference will take place Jan. 15-16 in Watertown, S.D. The fourth annual South Dakota Soil Health Coalition Soil Health Conference and Annual Meeting is Jan. 15-16 in Watertown, S.D., at the...
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Tribal scholars application program open
Application deadline is Feb. 9, 2020. The 2020 scholarship application cycle for the USDA 1994 Tribal Scholars Program is open. The program aims to increase the number of tribal college and university...
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Virginia grower tops 600 in corn yield contest
David Hula of Charles City, Virginia, harvested a record 616 bushels per acre in 2019. A Virginia corn grower set a new record yield in the National Corn Growers Association 2019 National Corn Yield...
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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, Dec. 16, 2019
Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about farm meetings, business tax credits, a special degree, purple potato chips and an old fruit cake. It's farm meeting season, and that's where Max is...
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Late-season N payback depends on what's been applied
Corn Illustrated: A late-season, planned nitrogen application is less likely to pay if you sidedressed N. Planned, late-season nitrogen applications are more common today than they used to be. Seed...
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Multibrand data deal to offer advantages
The creation of FarmConnect brings together Deere, CNH Industrial brands, Claas and 365 FarmNet into a new data-sharing system. Robots, big sprayers and futuristic drone tools were all the rage at...
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Minnesota farmer to lead American Soybean Association
Bill Gordon will serve as 2020 president. Kevin Scott of South Dakota is vice president. Minnesota grower Bill Gordon was elected to lead the American Soybean Association at its annual meeting in St....
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Real Meat Act introduced in Senate
Legislation aims to reduce confusion surrounding animal protein and plant-based protein. A Nebraska senator has introduced legislation aimed at defining beef for labeling purposes.Sen. Deb Fischer,...
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Traditional meat having a banner year
A protein shortage in Asia has fueled demand for imported pork, poultry and beef. By Lydia Mulvany and Deena ShankerImitation meat may be all the rage at the moment, but producers of the real stuff...
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Determine when ARC-Individual Coverage is your best option
Explore the pros and cons of the Agricultural Revenue Coverage-Individual Coverage program. The Agricultural Revenue Coverage-Individual Coverage (ARC-IC) program received little interest under the...
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Start your conversation off right with positive greeting
Consider dropping “How’s it going” and replace it with the more-positive “Good to see you!” Tough times and farm stress are clearly on the minds of most of the speakers I have heard at meetings...
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Farm Progress America, December 17, 2019
Max Armstrong offers insight from a farm outlook report for 2020 from CoBank Max Armstrong shares news of an analysis from CoBank looking ahead to 2020. The challenge is declining working capital and...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, Dec. 17, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about winter driving, a trooper hit, U.S.-China trade, Hallmark backlash and stock investments. Every year, it takes a couple of snowstorms to retrain drivers for winter driving.An...
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Ukraine farmers fear land sales
Endemic graft and memories of the wheeler-dealing privatizations of the 1990s have many landowners worried about scrapping ban on land sales. By Volodymyr VerbyanyTamara Tarasenko’s life began against...
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Unknowns cloud U.S.-China trade deal
No one outside the negotiating teams has seen the details of the trade deal. By Bloomberg NewsChina and the U.S. announced last week, to the stock market’s relief, that they had agreed on a trade deal...
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