Merry Christmas from HAT President and Founder Gary Truitt, VP Andy Eubank, Ag News Manager Eric Pfeiffer, Farm Broadcaster Ashley Davenport, Chief Meteorologist Ryan Martin, and all their families! The following tribute to farmers is from farmpolicyfacts.org.?...
EPA, Army Repeals WOTUS, Proposes New DefinitionShortly after his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order to review and rescind or revise the 2015 Waters of the U.S., or WOTUS rule.At a press conference on Thursday, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler...
Scores of farm leaders from across the nation rallied on Capitol Hill to get the Mexico-Canada trade agreement across the Congressional finish line, before election season kicks into high gear.They came from across the Heartland, and from north and south, to hail...
Eastern-IN-crop-issuesAll of the 2019 crop year buzz words and terms apply in the eastern half of Indiana as we head for harvest. Compaction, standability, nitrogen deficiency, early frost and variability continue to be concerns, according to Seed Consultants...
Japan-deal-an-important-oneIt’s not a long-awaited trade deal with China, or a finally ratified USMCA, but it’s important, nonetheless. The U.S. and Japan recently announced an agreement in principle on trade between the two countries, an agreement that does involve...
Recent reports from the Farm Service Agency and National Agricultural Statistics Service differ in planted acreage, adding to confusion regarding the 2019 crop size. However, the difference in data is attributed to a difference in reporting procedures, according to...
President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that money the U.S. receives from tariffs on China will help farmers recover from Hurricane Dorian. Trump says, ?we?ve taken in many billions of dollars of tariffs from China and we will have a lot of money to be helping...
August-barometer-dropsThere has been a significant drop in the most recent Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, and both the current conditions and future expectation indices contributed to the decline. The August barometer dipped 29 points to a total of...
Southern-Indiana-corn-crop-a-long-way-to-goPurdue Extension PhotoIt has been a rainy year in southern Indiana, and one agronomist based there says the entire area is now anywhere between 40 and almost 60 inches of rain for the first 8 months of the year.“That’s pretty...
Northern-Indiana-crop-updateImmature crops could be the theme of last week’s crop tour, and of course Indiana falls in that category after the extreme late planting season. Predicting yield potential right now is very difficult, even though we asked field agronomist...
