Grain or Grass, Teff Fits on Right Farm Grain or Grass, Teff Fits on Right Farm
| | | | | Teff can be a fit on the right farming operation. Grown for grain purposes, a small handful of U.S. producers benefit from teff as a strong yielding crop with a market driven by the health food industry. Read More | | |
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| | | | | The next stocks report, to be released on Jan. 10, 2020, will present a unique perspective. Typically, farmers are long done with harvest when the calendar flips to a new year. Since that won’t be the case, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has to account for acres still standing. Read More | | |
| | | | | The Stateler family, based in Ohio, has installed conservation measures across 243 acres of their 900-acre, sixth-generation farm, which includes a 7,200-head wean-to-finish swine operation. Read More | | |
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| | | | | Further details are emerging on how China would increase imports from the U.S. by as much as $200 billion over the next two years in order to meet its commitments under the phase one trade deal announced last week. Read More | | |
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| | | | | The bloom may be fading just a bit from the Lotus Flower as the exuberance concerning the Phase One trade deal begins to shift to questions of “Just how is China going to import $40 to $50 billion in U.S. ag goods each year?” Read More | | |
| | | | | Finished harvest November 7th, everyone pretty well wrapped up by the 15th. Corn yields down 10-15 bushels per acre over last year but still very good yield, last year was a record. Bean yields were about average, fungicide and insecticide definitely paid this year. Fall NH3 all applied and plenty of conservation work going on. This area is pretty much a 50/50 corn-soybean rotation and I suspect that won't change for next year. We have a gall midge problem in our soybeans, nasty little flee that is causing some problems for us (no real control) except for extremely late planting. I know there are plenty of things out of my control, weather, prices, USDA, markets and trade, but I wouldn't change my mind about the profession I chose 38 years ago. "Agriculture is out wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals and happiness." Thomas Jefferson Read More | | |
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