What is Really in that Seed Bag?This time of year, growers are placing their seed orders for next year. But, do you really know what is in that bag? Farmer?s Business Network is a new company that collects and analyzes data for its farmer members. Head of Analytics,...
Earlier this year, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, on his first day in office, saved the NAFTA agreement. Now he has done it again by coming to the rescue of the Korean Free Trade Agreement. According to U.S. news website Axios, Perdue was part of the briefing...
Oil prices finished higher Monday as investors assessed the impact of Hurricane Irma on energy demand in Florida and Hurricane Harvey?s extent of damage to oil refineries on the Gulf Coast.October West Texas Intermediate crude CLV7, +1.20% tacked on 59 cents, or 1.2%,...
U.S. beef exports remained well above last year?s pace in July, posting one of the highest monthly export value totals on record, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation. However, July pork export volume dipped below its year-ago level for the first time in 15...
Cover-crops-working-for-IndianaThe Lafayette area was host last week to the 10th annual Conservation in Action Tour which provided a look at the progress in conservation farming in Indiana. The progress is quite notable, and cover crops have a lot to do with...
Bower Trading Market Strategy Report: Early Yields Setting Market Direction Jim BowerAfter USDA?s August yield estimates, the market has been waiting for clarification that these estimates are too high or about right. That clarification will come from early combine...
For the past two weeks, we have been seeing the devastation in Texas and now in Florida caused by two massive Hurricanes. Over 40 inches of rain produced unprecedented flooding in Texas and a massive storm surge sent the Atlantic Ocean sweeping over the coastlines of...
The National Milk Producers Federation says manufacturers are raising consumer fears with GMO-free labeling, along with fears over synthetic animal-growth hormones and high fructose corn syrup. The Federation says some labels are misleading and has launched a ?Peel...
The United States, Mexico, and Canada completed the second round of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks, a five-day meeting that ended on Sept. 5 in Mexico City. While media reports suggested considerable differences on key issues, the lead negotiators...
FlexWave-demoComing in 2018 and exclusive to GSI is a game changing technology for moving stored grain out of the bin. FlexWave? Technology is an automated unload process that paves the way for no shoveling, sweeping or even entering the bin. As Jonathan Waits,...
