Purdue economists: Study priorities for 2015 budgets
Farmers need to position themselves to better survive an economic downturn in the agriculture industry, according to a couple of professors in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture.
Hoosier harvest is slowed by wet weather and drying glut
Indiana farmers are scurrying to get all of their corn and soybeans out of the fields during what’s been one of the slowest harvest seasons in the past 25 years.
Illinois residents rebuilding lives, farms following 2013 tornadoes
Dennis Schlagel was amazed at the progress being made on construction of new homes in Washington, where an estimated 1,082 structures were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable from the deadly Nov. 17, 2013.
Illinois corn test uniform with high yield potential
With full- and early-season and ultra-early tests on the Lee County farm of Randy Faber, yield averages ranged from 231.5 bushels per acre, to 232.2 and 224.3, respectively for those trials.
Sudden death syndrome did not hold back yields on Illinois farm
Despite the probable presence of sudden death syndrome, above-average yields were prevalent during an all-season trial of 60 top soybean seed hybrids conducted at the Kevin Kendregan farm in Tazewell County.
Co-ops are tried and true model of farm businesses
The Organic Valley brand has brought together farmers from 1,800 operations across 35 states and generated $970 million in sales last year, said spokesperson Jerry McGeorge.
Market shifting to demand from its production-gazing
Trade remains concerned with the slow start we are seeing to the U.S. corn export program. At the present time the United States only has 25 percent of its yearly projected corn sales on the books.
Milk prices sliding while Republicans win big in election
National Milk’s Chris Galen weighed in on the Nov. 4 elections in Thursday’s DairyLine broadcast last week, saying "It was certainly a big night Tuesday for Republicans.
