…metal building, farm equipment, and even the beer industry. The Beer Institute, which represents the brewing industry, calls the tariff on aluminum a $347 million tax on the U.S. beer…
Agricultural Broadband Bill Important Milestone, Farm Bureau Says
…modern farming equipment. The bill would create a task force to focus on the connectivity and technology needs of modern farmers who are too often without broadband in the fields…
Starting Your Own Beekeeping Operation
…started in the beekeeping business, here are some things to consider: You’ll need the proper land and buildings, equipment and supplies, vehicles for hauling equipment, queen bees, fume boards, and…
Agri View: Trade Problems with China
…equipment and machinery will very well determine how much the prices go up. But, China is the number one importer of United States farm goods. This could cause China to…
AEM: First-Quarter Ag Tractor & Combine Sales Data Released
…to the latest sales data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. First-quarter 2018 U.S. sales were essentially flat for the smaller-size tractors, and 100-plus horsepower two-wheel drive tractors declined about…
Spending Plan Approved for Agricultural Equipment
…provide some level of funding toward the replacement of agricultural equipment. “We’re getting roughly, somewhere between $20 and $30 million dollars average for ag equipment, and we needed a significant…
Farmers for America – a Movie About the Present and the Future
…at 60, and rural America losing population as the cost of land and equipment soars, this film reveals the people waiting to take their place, the practices they’re championing and…
AEM’s Slater: Lift Steel Tariffs to Support Manufacturers
…equipment manufacturers is to end them, immediately. AEM members have expressed concern that steel tariffs in particular raise input costs since most heavy equipment is steel-intensive. Equipment manufacturing jobs are…
John Deere Concerned About Trade Retaliation
The world’s largest maker of agriculture equipment, Deere and Company, is worried that possible trade tensions between the U.S. and other countries could affect its machinery sales. A Bloomberg report…
Rural Mainstreet Index Remains Positive
…declined from 23 percent to 20 percent over the past 12 months according to bankers. * Farmland prices and agriculture equipment sales continued to decline. The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet…
AEM Releases Latest U.S. Ag Tractor and Combine Sales Report
Concerns Raised Over Impending Steel & Aluminum Tariffs The Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) latest U.S. Ag Tractor and Combine Report shows total sales of self- propelled combines in February…
Commodity Classic Attendance Tops 8,000
…Commodity Classic is presented by the American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Sorghum Producers and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The 2019 Commodity…
An Orchard Becomes a Community’s Jewel
…Alonso was subgranted start-up funds through Kaiser’s HEAL ZONE Initiative. Alonso was able to purchase needed supplies and equipment, and pay a small staff and interns to support the program….
Agri View: Meat Prices Increasing
…higher cost of machinery and equipment. And finally, the interest cost of the money it takes to run his whole operation. None of these are significant by themselves. But collectively,…