Source: U.S. Wheat Associates and National Association of Wheat Growers joint news release
U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are disappointed that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has approved the Canadian Pacific Railway's merger...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Australian exports contribute to recent weakness in Canadian wheat and canola markets.
La Nina is the term for the cooling of ocean temperatures in the central and east-central Pacific Ocean near the equator. The temperature of...
Source: Phospholutions Inc. news release
(State College, PA) Phospholutions Inc., a leader in sustainable fertilizer technology, announces the launch of RhizoSorb, an entirely new phosphate fertilizer technology now available for use in U.S. crop production. RhizoSorb is a patented fertilizer...
Source: USDA news release
Between 1948 and 2019, the volume of crops produced in the U.S. grew 186 percent, and livestock production grew 140 percent. USDA, Economic Research Service researchers classify crop output into six subcategories: food grains, feed crops,...
Map images from study showing increasing tile drainage from top to bottom. Deeper reds indicate more nitrate in water.
Source: University of Illinois news release
Midwestern agriculture contributes the vast majority of nitrogen in the Gulf of Mexico, causing an oxygen-starved...
Source: USDA, Jonathan McFadden, Eric Njuki, and Terry Griffin
Digital agriculture—the ongoing transformation of farming that includes digitalization and automation of farming tasks—may be an important part of the solution to challenges facing U.S. agriculture, including rising production costs, climate...
Source: Purdue University news release
The annual summary recording nationwide grain dust bin explosions reported nine incidents in 2022. This compares to seven reported incidents in 2021 and a 10-year average of 7.8 explosions annually.
Kingsly Ambrose, Purdue University professor of...
Source: Pioneer news release
*Agronomists and corn producers have long been interested in the potential to improve corn growth and yield by controlling the orientation of the corn seed in the furrow at planting.
*The reason that seed orientation could potentially...
Source: AgReliant Genetics news release
While fungicides may help reduce the impact of tar spot on yield, the best long-term solution to this devastating corn disease is selecting hybrids with genetic tolerance, experts reported at the recent Tar Spot Summit...
Source: Organic Farm Partners news release
Organic Farm Partners announces its new venture dedicated to converting conventional farmland to organic and making the investment in organic farmland accessible through fractional shares.
"Organic demand has outpaced supply by a 4:1 ratio for...
