Commentary: Let’s solve agriculture’s labor crisis
Agriculture’s shortage of labor is two things: a potentially devastating crisis for our home-grown food supply, and an opportunity to compromise post-election.
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Midwest, Plains still parched
The drought that has plagued the nation’s heartland for nearly six months refuses to ease. In its weekly update, the Drought Monitor reports that 62 percent of the lower 48 states are in moderate or worse drought.
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Americans to face tougher 2013 on rising prices, taxes
U.S. consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets next year to pay for costlier healthcare, more expensive grocery bills and higher taxes, an extra drag on the country's already slow-moving economy.
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Managing for change
As individuals, we often clearly see those things that we can’t change, paralyzing us from making needed progress.
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Chocolate milk reinstated in Oregon school district
Chocolate milk has returned to cafeterias in one Oregon school district less than a year after officials initially eliminated the popular drink in an effort to comply with federal school lunch regulations.
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Corn, soybean harvest winds down
The end of the 2012 harvest season is quickly nearing for corn and soybean producers. With 87 percent of corn and 80 percent of soybeans already harvested, the fast pace continues, according to the USDA’s latest Crop Progress report.
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Drought maintains grip on some ag states as El Niño fizzles
The news is more of the same for the nation's midsection as the drought shows little sign of easing. Currently, 62 percent of the United States is in moderate or worse drought, with the highest concentration of drought centered in the nation’s heartland.
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Milk prices forecast higher as pace of herd contraction slows
According to the USDA's Livestock, Dairy and Poultry report, U.S. corn prices for 2012/13 were reduced slightly in October to $7.10-$8.50 per bushel, while production was lowered only slightly from September estimates. Soybean meal prices for 2012/13 were also forecast lower this month at $470-$500 per ton.
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S.D. warns against raw milk from dairy
South Dakota officials with the state’s Department of Agriculture (SDDA) have reported finding campylobacter bacteria in raw milk from a dairy near Belle Fourche, S.D. The dairy, Black Hills Milk, has now been ordered to stop sales of its unpasteurized milk.
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CME to buy Kansas City exchange rival, heading off ICE
CME Group Inc had competition in its bid for the Kansas City Board of Trade, but ultimately the smaller market's board of directors deemed CME's offer the best fit and the best value for shareholders, a top Kansas City Board of Trade official said.
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Workshop to cover wind farms, solar power, biogas
Ohio State University Extension will host a Nov. 8 Renewable Energy Workshop for those interested in learning how green energy generation could provide added income to farmers.
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- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
- Ag markets generally mixed to start this week
- USDA announces Conservation Reserve Program sign-up
- South Dakota State University dairy faculty works With USAID
- What are the drivers of profit in your dairy herd?
- Fire kills 17 calves at Idaho farm
