Warm weather brings more than green grass for cattle. Soon, insects like ticks, flies and mosquitoes will surface, and that makes March a good time to start preparing.
Seems just a few years ago there was much coffee- shop chatter and high-flying buzz about how drones and remote sensing would rule the skies over Ag America. And while this technology has gained a strong foothold in some ag niches — such as seed production and plant breeding — the unmanned a…
ORLANDO, Fla. — Relationships with other countries are the foundation of agricultural markets as the U.S. continues to be one of the top food producers in the world.
Committing farmland to one crop for 25-30 years is rare, so it’s not hard to see why landowners may be hesitant when approached about leasing the land out for energy use.
For a long time, aviation fuel as a new alternative market for soybeans and other biomass seemed like a pie-in-the-sky concept. Today, with advanced research, supportive legislation, and the airlines on board, it is taking off.
NORA, Ill. — Ed and Marion Hawley know a good burger when they taste one.
For producers looking to get more from their pastures, one option is multi-species grazing — grazing sheep and goats in the same pasture as cattle to generate more income.
Entomologists and farmers are still learning about the presence and impacts of brown marmorated stink bugs, an invasive pest.
When making fertilizer decisions for this growing season, farmers should consider the benefits of using hog manure.
ORLANDO, Fla. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack opened his Commodity Classic address by stating agriculture in the United States has recently posted some of its highest profits ever. However, he noted, that doesn’t tell the whole story.
Calf markets are showing strength early in 2023, and the Livestock Marketing Information Center says optimism is brewing about the markets.
Some of the selling pressure on wheat this week comes from Russia and Ukraine agreeing to extend the Black Sea grain corridor, said Jack Scoville, an analyst with the Price Futures Group.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — The importance of limiting exposure to disease has been top of mind for folks these past few years, and many of the prevention strategies also apply to livestock, specifically newborn calves, Kansas State University veterinary experts said on a recent Cattle Chat podcast.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri’s growing population of black vultures has led to increasing attacks on vulnerable livestock. Black vultures often inflict damage to the eyes and tongues of young livestock, kill and feed on domestic fowl and scar animals that survive.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — A study of American farmers’ adoption of precision agriculture technology indicates that during the first two decades of the 21st century, acreage farmed with automated systems has increased ten-fold or more.
Shoppers could soon find it easier to tell if those grocery store steaks or pork chops were really “Made in the USA.”
Illinois and Iowa photographs are among the hot shots in the National Corn Growers Association’s ninth-annual photo contest.
National Ag Day, on March 21, is when producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless others across the U.S. celebrate American agriculture.
BEDFORD, Iowa — Ask Aimee Bissell what she sees in the faces of agriculture, and she doesn’t need to look further than her own backyard.
Colton Roy remembers starting out in FFA at Trenton, eager to make the most of his time in the agricultural organization. His cousins had been in FFA, and now he was ready to embrace the experience.
Planting season is not yet here, but cover crop plans for the 2023-24 off-season could start now.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The cost of putting this year’s corn crop in the ground has been a large topic of conversation at Commodity Classic.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Finding and sustaining new uses for soybeans continues to be a major focus for soybean groups at Commodity Classic in 2023.
LINN, Mo. — Toward the end of months of feeding hay, producers are looking forward to turning cattle out on lush spring forage growth.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Eric Miller is a tinkerer, a thinker and an innovator, and he puts those skills into practice on his 400-acre farm in Piatt County and shares his discoveries with others. He was honored with an award named for someone who had the same qualities.