Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan is no longer able to weather the uncertainty in the dairy industry and has a plan to close the doors to its dairy operation the summer of 2019.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 497 dairy farms have called it quits year-to-date. While Wisconsin is a big dairy state, operations are closing throughout the U.S.
Bone-chilling cold across the U.S. farm belt riled agriculture markets at midweek as concerns over crop damage and delayed export shipments sent prices of key food commodities soaring.
For the fifth consecutive year, global grain and oilseed yields have topped the long-term trend. This high level of production has exceeded use in most years.
President Donald Trump took to twitter ahead of trade talks between the U.S and China, touting the benefits of tariffs. Purdue Univ. economist Wally Tyner fact-checks the President's tweet.
News is breaking late Friday. President Trump is announcing of a Phase 1 agreement between the U.S. and China concerning trade. Clinton Griffiths, the Host of AgDay, has analysis from a Washington Correspondent.
The U.S. financial sector recovering to end the week following an 800 point rout Wednesday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average's worst performance of 2019. Analysts say negative interest rates may be on the horizon.
The attention was also on trade at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin and concern the European Union could retaliate. How are U.S. dairy exports now? AgDay takes a look.
Touting success in securing tax reform and cutting regulations in his first year in office, President Trump vowed progress on infrastructure and immigration policy during his first State of the Union Address.