…usage and robust demand. Meanwhile, the fall in international sugar prices was largely attributed to a weakening of the Brazilian currency with respect to the U.S. Dollar, which stimulated sugar…
Agri View: Corn Affecting Meat Prices
…corn crops which have resulted in lower feed prices is the main reason. These huge corn crops have also reduced the amount of corn used in making ethanol. Corn is…
Meeting Growing Demand for Organic Products
…understanding the effects of organic practices such as crop rotation, livestock-crop integration, organic manure, mulch and/or compost additions, cover crops, and reduced or conservation tillage on ecosystem services, greenhouse gas…
Past, Present, and Future of SNAP
…the front lines of the fight against poverty and those who have faced hardship themselves. By understanding what works and what doesn’t, we can better help those who fall on…
Record Yields Leading to Storage Crunch
…this season. At the same time, futures markets are also encouraging farmers to store crops well into next year. Cobank says that means the value of grain storage space is…
Market Rallies Lifting Farmers Spirits
…the slow climb that began in September after bottoming out in August 2016. Figure 2. Index of Current Conditions and Index of Future Expectations. October 2015 to November 2016. Fall…
Improving Water Quality in High-Priority Watersheds
…Service’s (NRCS) National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI). The NWQI helps farmers and ranchers implement voluntary conservation practices, such as nutrient management, cover crops, conservation cropping systems, filter strips, terraces and…
World Soil Day: Celebrating the Magic Beneath
…Soil supports our houses, roads, crops and our very lives. It silently churns microbial magic, turning carbon sources like old plants and animals into the nutrients needed to support new…
Beet Curly Top Virus Report
…very similar. Fall BLH host plants along roadsides and fallow fields were showing signs of advanced stress. The majority of the fall host vegetation was not viable for BLH, therefore,…
More Volatility Ahead for Cattle Markets
…before things went in the negative direction starting in 2012. From August 2012-2016, corn prices dropped 60 percent and soybeans were 47 percent lower. Fed cattle prices followed crops lower,…
Farm Income Drops 17 Percent in 2016
…in dairy, beef, poultry, and eggs are projected to fall 12 percent to the lowest levels since 2011. Row crop receipts are forecast unchanged as stronger revenues for soybeans and…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
Winter vegetables ran hot and cold as November rolled on, as growers and packers confronted warmer weather and a cooler market. “I need winter and fall to show up, so…
Stink Bug Could Infest by the Tens of Thousands
It’s unknown if the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) can live in the major agriculture-producing areas of California. Researchers say if it can, large populations could take over crops by…
New Test Genetically IDs Fungal Wheat Threat
…and Paraguay, but wheat blast hasn’t been reported outside of South America—that is, until February 2016, when MoT was confirmed in wheat crops in Bangladesh. Concerned that MoT could enter…