…environmentally friendly. Importance of Agriculture Technology Farmers no longer have to apply water, fertilizers, and pesticides uniformly across entire fields. Instead, they can use the minimum quantities required and target…
Agri View: Cotton Problem
…to be smaller this year due mostly to market conditions. Farmers still have to gamble on weather, current as well as futures market and export demands. Well, one of their…
Availability of Additional Farm Loan Funding
…for banks and other lenders that are working to provide farmers and ranchers with guaranteed loans,” said Dolcini. The following chart provides more details: Farm Service Agency Small Business…
U.S. Senators Urge Investigation into Canada’s Dairy-Pricing Policies
…investigation into Canadian dairy pricing policies that have impacted current trade and stand to negatively affect U.S. dairy farmers and manufacturers, jeopardizing the country’s trade commitment to the United States….
Wheat Industry Applauds End to Japan’s Wheat Import Suspension
…of any GE material in commercial supplies, which reaffirms the conclusion that this was a limited, isolated situation. The productive relationships wheat farmers and their representatives at USW, NAWG and…
Agri View: Drone Rules
Everett Griner talks about rules set for drone use by the FAA in today’s Agri View. Drone Rules Farmers who have been waiting for the rules to be established to…
USDEC, NMPF Laud Senators for Urging Investigation
…policies that have impacted current trade and stand to negatively affect U.S. dairy farmers and manufacturers, jeopardizing the country’s trade commitment to the United States. In a letter to U.S….
DOJ Seeks to Stop Deere from Purchasing Monsanto’s Precision Planting Division
…and be able to raise prices and slow innovation at the expense of American farmers who rely on these systems.” High-speed precision planting is an innovative technology that enables farmers…
Theft of 500 Cows in New Zealand
…A spokesperson for New Zealand’s Federated Farmers Dairy Industry Group says the cattle were likely butchered somewhere for illegal meat sales. The cattle were worth an estimated equivalent of $725,000,…
Little-Known Corn Disease Found in Nine States
…disease entered the U.S. two years ago as researchers say the lack of information led to a delay in confirming the disease. Currently, researchers have no recommendations for farmers regarding…
USDA Sharply Revises Farm Income Forecasts
…the ability of farmers to “plan ahead and make sharp business decisions in a challenging market.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: USDA Economic Research Service…
Delta Smelt Strategy Shows Promising Results
…teaming up with Sacramento Valley agricultural water users and farmers. This is the latest chapter of cooperation involving a coalition of farmers, water providers, conservationists and regulators who are driven…
Low Wheat Price Support Needed in New Farm Bill
…Affecting everyone from farmers to agriculture suppliers, these depressed prices are contributing to a general downward spiral of the farm economy, exacerbated by the threat of cut to certain programs…
Trump Giving Major Immigration Speech in Arizona
…but angered others. At a weekend campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa, Trump said Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would conduct a “war on farmers.” Trump said his alternative to…