In the third quarter of 2017, farmland values for the Seventh Federal Reserve District were down 1 percent from a year ago, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (FRBC).
Farm groups mull options as NAFTA’s future in limbo
The USDA is making contingency plans in case the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is dissolved. At the same time, members of Congress recently asked those in the agricultural industry about NAFTA, and ag representatives stood together with strong support for international trade deals in general and NAFTA, specifically.
Is changing dicamba label guidelines a good answer?
Shortly after the U.S. EPA granted a two-year license for farmers to spray dicamba in-season, the popular herbicide became one of the hot-button topics in agriculture.
To most people, $125,000 is a lot of money. The members of the Paoli FFA Chapter, however, are confident they can raise that much to build a new agricultural laboratory building on the grounds of the junior/senior high school.
USDA asking growers to aid in two end-of-year surveys
The USDA is asking growers to respond to two end-of-the-year surveys – the December Agricultural Survey and the County Agricultural Production Survey – which are critical to producers across the country, since the information will be used to measure final 2017 row crop production and grain stocks.
Wilson, Graff appointed Illinois FSA, RD directors once again
Two Illinoisans with strong agriculture backgrounds were named state Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD) directors by President Donald Trump, through the USDA late on Nov. 3.
