…corn, soybeans, wheat, and rice. Intermediate products, like soybean meal and planting seeds, made up the rest. Top individual exports included: Corn: $5.5 billion Pork Products: $2.6 billion Dairy: $2.5…
Ethanol Production Nears Full Capacity in U.S.
…boosts demand for corn, the primary feedstock for U.S. ethanol. In conclusion, the U.S. ethanol industry remains a key component in the country’s renewable energy strategy. With infrastructure expanding and…
Agricultural Prices Rise 1.7% in May Amid Climbing Farm Costs
…Sector Shows Mixed Results Crop prices posted a solid 2.3% increase, driven largely by strong demand for feed-grade commodities like corn and hay, and oilseeds such as soybeans. Fruit and…
James Oliver’s Chilled Plow Revolutionized Farming Worldwide
…revolutionary chilled plow. Manufactured near South Bend, Indiana, Oliver’s plow featured a hardened outer surface that allowed it to slice through the heavy, sticky soils of the eastern Corn Belt…
Three Sisters: America’s Oldest Crop Collaboration
How Corn, Beans, and Squash Worked Together to Feed a Nation The Three Sisters: America’s Oldest Crop Collaboration In today’s American Agriculture History Minute, Mark Oppold highlights one of the…
Corn Plantings Rise, Soybeans and Cotton Fall in 2025
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2025 – The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its annual Acreage Report today, showing key shifts in U.S. crop planting for 2025. Corn continues to…
Joel Allen Talks Farm Labor, Immigration, and Pistachio Production Costs
Joel Allen of Joel Allen Ranch is managing more than just crops on his 3,000-acre operation. From corn silage to pistachios and cantaloupes, Allen’s farming efforts also involve navigating the…
How Native Crops and European Grains Shaped U.S. Agriculture
…wheat moved across the Appalachians into the Corn Belt, cementing their place in American food systems. In the South, crops like tobacco, peanuts, and cotton became economic cornerstones, shaping regional…
Joel Allen Targets Late-Season Market with High-Quality Cantaloupes
…Producers Dairy, supplying them with corn silage. “It’s a good operation,” Allen added. For the west side of the Central Valley, adaptability and relationships remain key to sustaining family operations…
Joel Allen on Westside Farming, Family Legacy, and Football Fame
…and his operation has recently partnered with Producers Dairy for corn silage production. “Cotton just wasn’t penciling out… corn silage is a good fit for our operation,” Allen noted. Labor,…
AgNet News Hour Wednesday, 06-25-25
…Firebaugh, shares a boots-on-the-ground perspective of what it takes to run a successful West Side operation—growing pistachios, cantaloupes, corn silage, and grains. With a career that started in 1987, Allen…
AgNet News Hour Monday, 06-16-25
…is being hailed as a boost for rural economies and domestic energy independence—news that corn and soybean growers will want to pay close attention to. On the California front, the…
From Cross-Check Rows to Modern Planting: Corn Planting
…corn planting was a labor-intensive, hands-on process. Early American farmers used a method known as cross-check planting, where hills of corn were planted in evenly spaced rows running north-south and…
Birth of the Rotary Corn Planter: A Milestone in Agricultural Innovation
…focus was singular: to innovate the corn planter. Their pioneering efforts quickly paid off with the release of the Deere Rotary Adjustable Corn Planter. Featuring a groundbreaking rotary mechanism, the…