Vice President Mike Pence and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will travel to Japan to discuss trade later this month. The duo is scheduled to travel to Tokyo on April 18. The U.S. officials will meet with Japan?s finance, foreign, and industry Ministers. Japan is the...
Do you Know if Nematodes are Hurting Your Yields?It is estimated that up to 15% of world agricultural production is lost each year to nematode infestation. Yet, the majority of U.S. corn and soybean growers do not sample for the presence of this microscopic pest and...
Akridge on KressDr. Cathann Kress is the new dean of the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at Ohio State University. She beings May 1, 2017. One thing she positively plans to continue is OSU?s co-operative working relationship with Purdue.?I...
China has agreed to lift a barricade against U.S. beef exports, ending a ban on U.S. beef that has been in place since 2003. The agreement was struck between President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping over the weekend. Meat industry publication Meatingplace...
Hog prices are expected to increase this year, even as pork production is expected to increase by three percent, according to a Purdue University agricultural economist. Christ Hurt writes that stronger demand will support prices because of a growing U.S. economy, and...
Since the USDA reports at the end of March, the corn and soybean markets have been very quiet and have lacked direction. Jim Bower, with Bower trading, cautions producers not to get to complacent, ?This market acts like it wants to lull everyone to sleep, especially...
Ag chair heading Russia probeIf you pay attention to national politics you know that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes from California has stepped down from heading the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. His replacement just happens...
Well, three months have come and gone with a new administration in the White House and new leadership on Capitol Hill. So what kind of job have they done in addressing the problems and issues impacting rural America, the large voting block that put many of them in...
Mexico is taking a ?sooner rather than later? approach when it comes to potential changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement. A top Mexican official said last week, ?It will be in the best advantage of the countries involved that we finish this negotiation...
More ethanol pump grantsThe application window is open for another round of grants in the Hoosier Homegrown Fuels (HHF) Blender Pump Program. The Indiana Office of Energy Development (OED) and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council (ICMC) are part of the partnership...
