After rising to growth neutral for two straight months, the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index fell below the 50.0 thresholds for July, according to the latest monthly survey of bank CEOs in 10 Midwestern states. The index, which ranges between 0 and 100,...
?I love it when a plan comes together? was the line George Peppard uttered each week, usually with a cigar clenched in his teeth. The A-Team is an American, action-adventure, television series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1987 about former members of a fictitious...
Weather and Markets Remain VolatileWeather markets are notoriously fast paced, highly volatile, and unpredictable. This year, the pace at which we are seeing changes in the weather and market direction is even more fast paced, says Jim Bower with Bower Trading. ?I...
The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor shows drought conditions in the upper Midwest and Plains expanding again. The weekly report says an upper-level ridge of high pressure in the western U.S. inhibited precipitation and kept temperatures warmer than normal across much of...
As expected, U.S. trade officials confirmed this week that North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations would begin August 16, the first day allowed by U.S. law. The office of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced this week that the talks would...
McKinney Praised as Pick for Key Trade PostTed McKinneyPresident Trump has picked ISDA Director Ted McKinney to be the new Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Affairs at USDA. McKinney told HAT, in his first media interview since being nominated, that he is honored...
Purdue Extension, in cooperation with a number of partner organizations, will host the second annual Indiana Food Summit, Sept. 25-26 at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.The summit provides learning, networking and sharing opportunities for anyone who...
According to EIA data, ethanol production averaged 1.026 million barrels per day (b/d)?or 43.09 million gallons daily. That is up 19,000 b/d from the week before and the largest volume in nine weeks. The four-week average for ethanol production increased to 1.016...
The House Appropriations Committee adopted an amendment to the fiscal 2018 Homeland Security Spending Bill which would help dairy producers and other farmers that need year round labor. The amendment would expand the types of businesses that can apply for the H-2A...
Extreme weather seminarWith all of the extreme weather conditions affecting crops seemingly each and every year now, wouldn?t it be nice to create resiliency to those hot, dry, cold and wet extremes? Director of Indiana?s Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative, Lisa...
