Five Ways to Optimize Your Farm Operating CreditAs farmers watch their harvest flow through their combines, thoughts are turning to 2018 and how a production plan will look. With commodity prices still at low levels, profit margins will be tight or nonexistent which...
Indiana-yields-also-better-than-expectedEarly harvest reports have a common theme this year, better than expected. And that generalization is applying harvest pressure on the futures market. In Indiana it has been soybean harvest that is at full throttle, but can the...
The Ohio River was closed Monday following lock failures near Brookport, Illinois. The Waterways Council says more than 65 towboats laden with harvest season grain and other commodities were backed up ?like a massive truck wreck along an interstate corridor.? The...
Agricultural groups are expressing support for the Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017. The bill would create an H-2C visa program that will allow American farmers and, packers and processors access to a legal and stable supply of workers. The National Chicken...
Senate Ag Committee Chairman Pat RobertsU.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee voted to favorably report nominees Stephen Censky, of...
Finally, Friendly Numbers from USDAFriday?s quarterly stocks report was friendly to corn and soybean prices, and futures closed higher on Friday. After two consecutive bearish reports from USDA, the market was very apprehensive about what would be in the Friday...
Researchers in Europe are close to creating a gluten-free bread. A team of scientists using CRISPR gene-editing technology has found a way to reduce the number of gluten proteins in an individual wheat kernel. In doing so, they were able to create a plant that could...
What Are We Going To Do With All This Grain?When the USDA projected a whopping big corn and soybean crop for 2017 in August, most farmers and those in the grain trade scoffed. Very few really believed that yields were going to be that good. As the combines have...
The Senate Ag Committee will at long last take a vote to confirm Ted McKinney as Under Secretary of Agriculture. Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow have announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to consider the nominations of...
No Disruptions Forecast in Indiana Harvest WeatherRyan MartinHot and dry has been the harvest forecast so far this fall, and the next week continues to look very dry. HAT meteorologist Ryan Martin says the next week has very little chance of a harvest interruption, ?...
