His name has been on the short list from the opening days of the Trump administration, but, late Tuesday evening, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that Ted McKinney has been selected as the new Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs....
Fungicide debateWeather conditions this season have presented Indiana farmers with potentially tricky decisions for fungicide applications. Many farmers have significant acres with limited stands, so do they shut down investment on those acres or try to protect what...
The Future of Weed ResistanceAaron Hager ? professor of weed science, with glyphosate-resistant water hemp in a soybean field.This is field day time, a chance for companies to show off their products and new technology in the field. New ways of controlling resistant...
The White House released its objectives for the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Monday afternoon. There were not a lot of surprises in the document, with heavy emphasis placed on reducing trade deficits with Mexico and Canada. One of the...
Farmers are still feeling the pressure of a lagging farm economy. A joint survey from the American Bankers Association and the Federal Ag Mortgage Corporation confirms the pressure. Nearly 90 percent of ag lenders report an overall decline in farm profitability over...
China?s Ministry of Agriculture announced it has approved two more genetically modified crops for import into the country. A Reuters article says it?s the second move in the past month to expand access to biotech seeds as a part of Beijing?s 100-day trade talks with...
Liquidation endingAll farmers? eyes and the eyes of the commodities trade are on weekly crop condition ratings and the various weather forecast models predicting conditions that could affect the Corn Belt. Doug Werling with Bower Trading says the mild liquidation move...
Importance of USDA Export programsAgriculture Department export programs are key to keeping conventional and organic producers in the black, as lawmakers write the next farm bill. That was the message from producers and ag lawmakers at a Senate farm bill hearing.USDA...
Janzen goes to DCAn Indiana agriculture law specialist went to D.C. last week and testified on ag data before the General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee. Their hearing spotlighted the role of technology in farming?s future. Data is a major part of...
A syllogism is when two statements are put together to prove a conclusion. A faulty syllogism is when two statements are used to prove a point that is simply not true. For example, a syllogism would be: Birds can fly; a robin is a bird; thus a robin can fly. A faulty...
