House Ag acts on grain export inspections, livestock reports
Concerns about federal oversight of grain exports during disruptions, such as labor disputes, have fueled congressional debate over the U.S. Grain Standards Act, portions of which will expire Sept. 30.
Egg producers get prison after sickening thousands
A father and son who operated Quality Egg Co., LLC of Gait, Iowa, are appealing their bribing convictions in a scheme that allowed contaminated eggs to reach consumers during the spring and summer of 2010.
Will soybeans muscle King Corn aside as farm favorite?
It’s no secret Ohio grows a great deal of corn and soybeans most years, but 2014 was something special for the latter. The state produced 245 million bushels of soybeans in 2014 yielding an average 52.5 bushels per acre, both records.
Waiting for RVOs: Patience necessary for ethanol, corn
In mid-June 2014, Indiana ethanol supporters were watching what seemed a likely continued hike in the price of oil because of insurgents in Iraq marching toward Baghdad and petroleum exports possibly delayed by violent action.
Being the biggest distributor of food not enough for Sysco
Sysco Corporation may not be a topic of dinner conversation most evenings anywhere in the United States, but it is what many Americans are having for dinner – and lunch and breakfast – almost any day everywhere in America.
Indiana Ag director to accept economic development duties
Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director Ted McKinney is adding more hours to his work week, as it was announced May 6 he will take on duties as director of agribusiness development within the Indiana Economic Development Corp. in addition to his current job.
Farm is small, so owners hope for ‘mortgage lifter’
Lucy and Eugene Goodman like to say they met while digging in the dirt; both have archaeology degrees. Nowadays, the only dirt they dig in is on their organic Boulder Belt Farm.
U of I research professes to narrow Illinois corn yield gap
Results of a study completed by the Illinois Crop Physiology Laboratory, led by University of Illinois physiologist Fred Below, seem to prove corn yield gaps – described as the difference between a farmer’s actual yield and the potential yield for a field – can be reduced by a systematic approach to the problem.
