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MIDDAY Midwest Digest, June 25, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about corn prices, biting gnats, police shooting of an exotic cat, pit bulls and the latest Donald Trump accuser. Corn prices have been in a sawtooth pattern the last few days.If...
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Despite delayed planting, dicamba cutoff remains June 30
North Dakota and South Dakota's deadline is for Engenia, FeXapan and XtendiMax soybeans. If you need to spray dicamba soybeans for weeds, you’d better be thinking about finding some different...
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Growing hydroponic vegetables inside poultry houses
The Sumps have replaced their broiler chickens with hydroponic basil and lettuce. In June 2018, the last broilers were put on a tractor trailer and shipped out from Dunmore Heath Farm in Cordova,...
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Crop insurance expert fields prevented planting questions
An RMA representative answers questions you may have if you’re dealing with prevented planting and late planting. If you’re dealing with fields you couldn’t get planted, what you need now is...
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Justice Department probes price fixing allegations
Poultry processors have been fighting price-fixing allegations by consumers By David McLaughlin and Lydia MulvanyThe U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that...
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NPPC wants Trump to ease approval for GE pork
Regulatory concerns could slow introduction of experimental gene-editing technique that makes hogs PRRS resistant By Mike DorningPork producers are stepping up their campaign to ease regulation of...
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Banning neonicotinoids not cure-all for bee health, researchers find
Neonicotinoid use replaced traditional insecticides, which are more toxic to fish and mammals New research shows a neonicotinoid ban in the United States may not be a risk-free solution to the problem...
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Soil health explored during ag committee hearing
Minnesota farmer says "healthy soil is the key to addressing many natural resource concerns' The House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry held a hearing on “Managing for...
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Farm Progress America, June 26, 2019
Max Armstrong shares some interesting consumer food survey results Max Armstrong offers survey results from the International Food Information Council, which conducts an annual review of consumer...
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Did SCN get drowned out this year?
How do rain, flooding and late soybean planting impact the lives and cycles of soybean cyst nematode? Farmers looking for any bit of good news in all of the rain-soaked suffering this spring are...
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Trust like a farmer
What’s it mean to trust in a year when very little is going your way? Two weeks ago, I knelt down in a nearly planted soybean field and took this photo.The beans were going in nicely that night, in a...
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Minnesota dairy family decides to stay, fight for visa reform
H.R. 2124 would amend the E-2 visa and allow adult children to remain in the U.S. An outpouring of support has convinced dairy farmer Kor Mulder to invest thousands of dollars again in securing visas...
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Big yield monitor errors possible if left uncalibrated
Uncalibrated yield monitors can be off as much as 100%, says Purdue University agronomist. “Understand this one simple fact about grain yield monitors — they do not measure grain yield,” says R.L...
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Farm Progress America, June 27, 2019
Max Armstrong offers some insight on the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement recently passed by Mexico Max Armstrong offers news that Mexico has approved the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement, which will replace...
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MORNING Midwest Digest, June 27, 2019
Max Armstrong talks about the democratic presidential debate, corn market rallies, a boy in recovery and the college World Series. Is it too early for presidential debates?There's been no June rally...
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Trump calls on India to reverse 'unacceptable' tariffs
Indian tariffs on almost 30 American products came in response to higher duties imposed by the U.S. By Karthikeyan SundaramPresident Donald Trump called on India to withdraw an “unacceptable” increase...
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Bayer hires high-profile lawyer to fight Roundup lawsuits
Bayer says studies show no cancer link from Roundup, but company starting to take public perception into account By Eyk Henning, Scott Deveau and Tim LohBayer AG rose the most in a decade after hiring...
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U-M releases new hard red spring wheat variety
MN-Washburn will be on display this summer at field days and on-farm trials. MN-Washburn is the University of Minnesota’s latest hard red spring wheat variety.According to researchers, MN-Washburn...
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Syngenta executive sees five megatrends reshaping ag
"It’s not going to be my daddy’s farm moving forward.” Barry Teater is a writer with the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.In speculating about the future of agriculture, David Hollinrake, president...
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Forbes tech summit takes closer look at future of food
Despite robust investments, some feel startups should focus more on solving food, farm problems. Day one of the 2019 Forbes Ag Tech Summit opened with a pitch session highlighting some very innovative...
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