American Agriculture History Minute: Deere and Mansour’s Breakthrough in the 1800s In the mid-1800s, the American agricultural industry faced a critical need: a more accurate corn planting solution. Rising to …
American Agriculture History Minute: Early International Relations and Cold War Impact
Mark Oppold presents an American Agriculture History minute, focusing on the history of the Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Company. The story begins in 1931 when Roswell Garst and Charlie …
American Agriculture History Minute: Eugene Funk’s Family Background
Mark Oppold presents an American agriculture history minute focuses on Eugene Funk, grandson of Isaac Funk, who was one of McLean County, Illinois’ pioneering settlers and renowned livestock producers. Eugene’s …
Corn and Wheat Inspections Climb Higher
The USDA says inspections of corn and wheat were higher, while soybean assessments declined during the week ending on April 10. Corn inspections rose week to week, increasing to 1.83 …
NCGA Launching a New Consider Corn Challenge
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is launching the fifth Consider Corn Challenge, a contest in which participants can submit proposals for new uses of field corn that have quantifiable …
FAPRI Releases 2025 U.S. Agricultural Market Outlook
The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri has released its 2025 U.S. Agricultural Market Outlook. The report highlights a mixed financial picture for American …
More Corn Expected to be Planted This Year
USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report for this season indicates a rise in corn acreages planted from the previous year, but what is the forecast for plantings of other Spring crops? Rod …
Mexico Repeals GMO Corn Ban Following USMCA Arbitration Ruling
The Mexican government officially repealed its ban on genetically modified (GMO) corn imports from the United States on Thursday, following an arbitration ruling under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in December …
American Agriculture History Minute: Ohio Early Corn Production Leader
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Once early settlers crossed the Appalachians, many had had enough of that kind of rough travel and settled in what is …
American Agriculture History Minute: Mechanical Corn Shellers Introduced
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Corn has always been an important part of American agriculture history, but shelling it – usually by hand – was a …
American Agriculture History Minute: Corn, and Corn Shelling
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Corn of course holds a major part of American agriculture history, but very early on corn was typically shelled by hand …
American Agriculture History Minute: Harvesting Corn by Hand Continues Today
I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. From roughly the 1920s to the 1940s, harvesting corn by hand was a necessity. Today, the National Corn Husking Association keeps …
Export Sales Begin 2025 on a Lower Note
The first export sales report of 2025 came in below many traders’ expectations, according to Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride. U.S. corn sales totaled 777,000 metric tons, while soybeans came …
China Approves More GM Crops to Boost Food Security
China approved five gene-edited crop varieties and 12 types of genetically modified soybeans, corn, and cotton. Reuters says the expanded approvals are intended to boost high-yielding crops, reduce the need …