A series of public hearings next week on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement seeks comments on the efforts. The U.S. is scheduled to post its NAFTA renegotiation goals July 17, following the meetings. U.S. Trade Representative Robert...
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Constructed Wetlands Show Promise in Managing Nutrients
Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, comparable to rainforest and coral reefs. Now, modern agriculture is trying to capture some of nature?s wetland magic as a means to manage nutrients on the farm.State and national corn organizations?...
FFA Convention includes Blankets for Kids Service Project
FFA service projectTransform Purpose to Action is the theme of the 88th Indiana State FFA Convention now underway in West Lafayette. Almost 300 members from around the state put the theme into action Tuesday during the service project at the Armory, making tie...
NAFTA Renegotiations Begin Unofficially
NAFTA Renegotiations Begin UnofficiallyAgriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue played host to his counterparts from Mexico and Canada on Tuesday in his home state of Georgia, which some see as the unofficial beginning of negotiations to rewrite the North American Free...
Arkansas Farmers Suing Monsanto, BASF over Dicamba
A group of Arkansas farmers is suing Monsanto and BASF over dicamba-based herbicide spray drift that killed neighboring crops that are not tolerant to dicamba. The lawsuit comes as Arkansas?s Plant Board voted Tuesday to limit Dicamba applications of Engenia herbicide...
Indiana Corn Fields a Sea of Inconsistency
Variability in cornAs expected with a very choppy spring planting season, Indiana crops are off to a start full of variability. During a check on crops north of Frankfort in Clinton County Monday, fields right next to each other look very different, depending on the...
Ethanol Industry Thinking Strategically
Using ethanol personally, promoting the fuel to the public and supporting ethanol-friendly legislation have been bread-and-butter activities for corn farmers and their respective associations for more than two decades. Although this is not likely to change in the...
White House Names Ag Trade Negotiator Nominee
President Donald Trump is nominating a former Senate Agriculture Committee aide and agriculture industry economist as the chief agricultural negotiator from the U.S. Trade Representative?s Office. The White House confirmed Gregg Doud as the nominee. Doud is currently...
HAT Commentary: Victims of Our Own Success
It is a complaint I hear from farm folks all the time, ?People just don?t understand where their food comes from.? It is a complaint I have heard for the past 35 years. I gave me first speech on agriculture in 1982 at the University of Missouri. The subject was how to...
Bower Trading Market Strategy Report: Markets Heating Up Along with the Weather
Bower Trading Market Strategy Report: Markets Heating Up Along with the WeatherOn Friday, new crop corn futures topped the $4.00 mark. Jim Bower, with Bower Trading, says the market remains uncertain about the weather, ?We typically get a bump in market prices this...