How are indoor barns impacting animal care? What is sustainable agriculture? How are new technologies improving water efficiency? These are the questions that are answered for high school students through U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance?s (USFRA) Discovering Farmland...
Growth Energy is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to uphold the goals of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) following the agency?s release of a Notice of Data Availability concerning potential further reductions in the 2018 Renewable Volume...
A hot and mostly dry week left West Central Indiana in moderate drought conditions going into harvest season, according to Greg Matli, Indiana State Statistician for the USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service. A portion of Northern Indiana and Southwestern...
The United States now has a tentative timeline to complete the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations. The Trump administration notified Congress Friday evening of expected changes to trade remedy law as a result of the ongoing trade talks. Notification is...
Higher retail prices for several foods, including bacon, chicken breast, orange juice, sliced deli ham and flour resulted in a slight increase in the American Farm Bureau Federation?s Fall Harvest Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16...
During the recent hurricanes in Florida and Texas, there was a lot of coverage of the animal rescue efforts. Lost and abandoned pets in the area were ?rescued? by well-meaning individuals and taken to a safe area, in some cases halfway across the country. The concept...
Farm-Science-Review-partnershipsFor The Ohio State University, the just concluded Farm Science Review brings partners and producers together. One of those partners is Purdue.It was the first Farm Science Review for Cathann Kress since becoming Dean of the College of...
Some Food for the BullsJim BowerAfter weeks of bearish market news, there is some bullish news the market. As more and more combines begin to move, we are getting more actual yield data. Jim Bower, with Bower Trading, says yields last week began to shift, ?We have...
The Rural Mainstreet Index fell to its lowest level of the year last month, as farmland prices declined and agriculture equipment sales were dismal. The index, compiled by Nebraska?s Creighton University, surveys bank CEOs in ten Midwestern states. Overall, the index,...
Record milk production in New Zealand has led the nation to triple the amount of imported U.S. distiller?s dried grains with solubles. The U.S. Grains Council reports that the 2017 milk supply in New Zealand is expected to reach 21.9 million tons, surpassing the prior...
