President Donald Trump?s budget is expected to be released on Tuesday. It is still not known if or how much the president is expected to cut from farm subsidies and other programs that serve rural areas. Early press reports indicate that farm subsidies will be part of...
May 17 corn and soybean updateRainy weather that halted planting moved through Indiana starting Thursday night and Friday, but before rains hit near Warsaw, Indiana HAT took a closer look at emerged corn and soybean plants with agronomist Matt Hutcheson, product...
Bower Trading Market Strategy Report: Market to Focus on Crop Conditions and Re-plant ProgressDoug WerlingThe market has been in a trading range and will likely remain that way for the next few weeks. Doug Werling, with Bower Trading, says that, while there are no big...
Canada and Mexico issued carefully worded statements following the announcement letter outlining President Donald Trump?s intent to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement that was sent to Congress. Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland...
Out with the dryRyan MartinThe dry week predicted a week ago in the HAT Seed Consultants Planting Forecast has come to pass, and significant planting progress was the beneficiary in Indiana and across the Corn Belt. But the dry stretch now gives way to some active...
Growth Energy today urged the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to quickly approve legislation that would extend the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol (E15). The bill would allow retailers across the...
The Trump administration has officially notified Congress it intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. Agricultural groups have reacted to the news with caution.The National Pork Producers Council is urging the president to make sure that tariffs...
The Trump administration has officially laid out its strategies to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico in a letter delivered today to Congress. The administration?s main goal is to update the Clinton-era trade deal. U.S. Trade...
DMS terminationEighty-five Indiana dairy farms will be affected by a termination letter sent this week from their milk marketing provider, Dairy Marketing Services. The reason is too much milk and not enough demand, which is squeezing prices for milk and the marketing...
Disease and Insects Take Aim at Indiana CropsWhile planting continues this week, disease and insects are taking aim at the crops that are already in the ground. The cold, wet weather that arrived just after much of our early corn was planted is fostering seedling...
