by Riley Smith | Sep 30, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast, which showed a mixed bag for the farm economy. USDA?s Economic Research Service predicts that producer cash receipts will increase 21 percent to more than $525...
by Riley Smith | Sep 29, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
This week?s report was relatively bullish, but almost anything would be better than what we saw last week. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown of this week?s U.S. Export Sales Report.Hopefully, export sales will start to strengthen again as...
by Riley Smith | Sep 29, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The USDA announced their investment of up to $2.8 billion dollars for 70 selected projects in the Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities. National Pork Board was a leader in one of the grants and a contributor to two additional, totaling $155 million. Ashley...
by Riley Smith | Sep 28, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Farmers are always looking at an immense amount of data- so much, in fact, that it?s easy to miss out on potential profits. As agriculture advances, the amount of available data increases as well, so farmers need to improve their data management in order to keep up....
by Riley Smith | Sep 28, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the agency is taking steps to fight the high cost of fertilizer for American farmers. The USDA is making $500 million in grants available to increase American-made fertilizer production to spur competition and combat those...
