Rat Hunting with the Dogs of War, Farming’s Greatest Show on Legs
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| | Jordan Reed is the conductor of a canine orchestra tackling one of agriculture’s most pervasive financial drains—rats. Read More |
| | Wisconsin, known nationally as the nation’s dairy state, lost 818 dairy farms in 2019, a full 10% of its dairy herds, according to the latest numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Read More |
| | With the phase one trade deal with China official, farmers are expecting more positive momentum in the markets. However, they shouldn’t expect an extension of the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) in the meantime, according to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue. Read More |
| | A phase one trade deal with China is official, clearing the way for America’s chief trade competitor to purchase $80 billion worth of U.S. agricultural goods over the next two years. Read More |
| | In 2019, Victoria Darden, Smith Stoner and almost the entire South Delta endured five months of catastrophe as 548,000 acres, including 231,000 acres of farmland, went underwater, yet EPA vetoed a relief pump solution. Read More |
| | In the next few weeks, you have an important decision to make. Should you choose Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC)? Your choice lasts through 2021. Read More |
| | We saw strengthening in the soybean market at the end of 2019 and to start 2020. AgDay's Clinton Griffiths talks about the potential for $10 soybeans with Chris Robinson of TJM Institutional Services. Read More |
| | The annual Crop Production numbers released Friday by USDA may change as the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) seeks to clarify corn and soybean acres that still were not harvested at the time of the end of the growing season survey. Read More |
| | Some Trump administration officials, including USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, are holding off on the final installment of market facilitation payments (MFP) until they see what happens with the phase one trade deal with China. Read More |
| | Borden Dairy Co. filed for bankruptcy, becoming the second major U.S. milk seller to do so in two months as competitive pressures, declining consumption and falling profits made its debt load unsustainable. Read More |
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