Although there were challenges on Midwest farms in 2020, the corn crop stood tall for many farmers this harvest season, allowing for a good range of data in yield tests.
As harvest wraps up across the region, winter preparation and planning for next year begins.
Trying to choose the right variety to plant can be overwhelming, but keep in mind a few key characteristics to look for.
The good news is USDA’s Economic Research Service is forecasting U.S. net farm income will total $102.7 billion in 2020, up 23% from $83.7 billion in 2019. The not-so-good news is federal government farm program payments are projected to rise by 66% to $37.2 billion.
As we’ve all learned this year, physical distance and masking up are ways to stave off sickn…
The U.S. pork industry has built multiple new plants during the past four years, increasing …
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The backbone of the United States beef industry is the cow/calf sector. As step one in the w…
Bayer is expecting very high demand for XtendFlex soybeans for the 2021 growing season.
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A new first-of-its-kind federal pilot program aims to help federal, state and tribal agencies better coordinate investigations of missing or murdered Native Americans or Alaska Natives, Emma Coleman reports for Route Fifty.
The Rural Health Information Hub will host a free webinar at 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, Dec. 2, to discuss the Public Health Associates Program and how it can benefit rural health departments.
Blue counties got bluer and red counties got redder in the November elections, widening ideological divides as Democrats and Republicans dug in and became less likely to compromise on pressing issues in the 2021 legislative sessions, including dealing with covid-19 and budget deficits," Elai…
Last month, two military veterans wrote to me. The first asked me to write about the origins of Veterans Day; the second professed his appreciation for living in a rural area. He also encouraged me to write about why many people in military service have rural and agricultural backgrounds, an…
Father Matthew Flatley is a former pastor of four small Catholic rural parishes in Vienna, Brinktown, Koeltztown and Argyle, Missouri. Flatley has also served as the priest moderator for rural life in the Diocese of Jefferson City.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy liked to insist he had evidence of communists in the government, but he couldn’t show you the names right now. The number of communist infiltrators on his secret list changed from speech to speech.
Cattle marketing is staying fairly current, while hog marketing may be lagging.
The soybean market has been the bell cow for the grains, with the oilseed seeing tremendous success this fall in the price charts.
