…wheat, soybeans, corn, and cotton. Cotton is expected to suffer the steepest decline, with receipts plummeting nearly 30%. USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer notes cotton prices have dropped from an…
Cotton is the Biggest Loser in 2024 Among Specialty Crops
…2024. So even within the crops, I think we’ve got to distinguish between corn, soybeans, kind of, and wheat, kind of the the Midwestern row crops not faring well. Cotton…
Diverse Drivers of Farm Income
…income is a mix of a lot of different things and, you know, corn and beans and wheat and cotton and rice, but there’s horticultural products. There’s livestock products, all…
American Agriculture History Minute: Learning Soil Preservation by Crop Rotation
…case much longer, and they began to take an interest in keeping their soil fertile. They rotated corn with oats and hay to prevent crop diseases in insects. Crop rotation…
USMEF Chair Highlights Export Growth and Value for U.S. Farmers
…their importance to American agriculture. Speaking about his family’s operation, Hanson described a diverse farm producing corn, wheat, soybeans, and pinto beans, alongside a cow-calf enterprise that exemplifies sustainability and…
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Settlers Crop Progression
…But their most important crop as time went on was Indian corn or maize, which they were shown how to cultivate by the Native Americans. To fertilize that first crop,…
American Agriculture History Minute: Draft Horses Imported for Farm Work
A View of Amish Harvesting There Corn Using Six Horses and Three Men as it was Done Years Ago on a Sunny Fall Day. DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with…
American Agriculture History Minute: Crop Adjustments After the Civil War
…many producers, it was a signal to put their energy into corn and livestock, and they realized they could make more money on corn, particularly when faced with competition as…
American Agriculture History Minute: Trade, Barter, Pay Taxes
…and livestock with food. They kept a few chickens a hog or two, a cow, maybe some sheep. They cleared more land each year, grew bigger crops. Extra wheat, corn,…
Record Territory for U.S. Drought Monitor
Young corn growing in dry drought season Image by stevanovicigor/DepositPhotos The final U.S. Drought Monitor for October 2024 shows record or near-record drought coverage in the lower 48 states. Rod…
American Agriculture History Minute: Early Export Trade
…goods by supplying the West Indies with corn and flour. In New York, a fur-pelt export trade to Europe flourished and added additional wealth to that region. After 1720, mid-Atlantic…
American Agriculture History Minute: Ethnicity in Early Agriculture
A View of Amish Harvesting There Corn Using Six Horses and Three Men as it was Done Years Ago on a Sunny Fall Day. DepositPhotos image I’m Mark Oppold with…
Study Warns U.S.-China Trade War Could Harm Farmers and Boost Rivals
…by World Agricultural Economic and Environmental Services, was commissioned by the American Soybean Association (ASA) and the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA). It highlights the risks of imposing new tariffs…
FIRA USA Brings Agricultural Robotics to California
…diverse crops, offers a fitting backdrop for the event. While much of ag robotics focuses on Midwest row crops like corn and soybeans, FIRA USA includes solutions tailored for specialty…