Senators seek to overturn 2012 family farmer bankruptcy ruling
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) have introduced legislation that would reverse a 2012 Supreme Court ruling they say makes it more difficult for family farmers to restructure their finances when they fall on hard times.
The low whimpering and muffled whining heard in farm country this month are not the gripes and grunts of corn and soybean growers trudging through 2015’s purgatory of under-$4 corn and less-than-$10 beans.
Snyder budget would propose 7.7 percent MDARD decrease
Gov. Rick Snyder’s 2016 budget proposal shows support for the state’s food and agriculture sector; weighing in at $54 billion, it represents a continued commitment toward sound financial planning through the 2016 fiscal year.
U.S. beef and pork exports post value records in 2014
U.S. beef and pork exports posted double-digit value records in 2014 over 2013 totals, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
Ebberts takes three of four top soy test yields on this Ohio farm
Ebberts Field Seeds was king of a northwestern Ohio soybean test plot last year, its varieties snagging three of the top four spots for yield in the Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) test on a Bloomdale farm.
Heavy late spring rains hurt Ohio plot’s soybean numbers
Heavy May and June rains in 2014 hurt the soybean fields on Jerry McBride’s Hardin County farm. The fields were part of an all-season Farmers’ Independent Research of Field Technologies (FIRST) test.
