USDA lauded for APH exclusion, but faulted over delay for wheat
Farmers and ranchers affected by continuous years of extreme weather welcomed the announcement by USDA that the new Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion initiative contained within the 2014 farm bill was launched on Oct. 21.
Iowa grower finds his Illinois field stripped of its soybeans
When Matthew Schuster went to his Jo Daviess County bean field to start the harvest, he was shocked to find someone else had already taken about 18 acres of soybeans.
A World Trade Organization compliance panel announced Oct. 20 that the USDA Country-of-Origin-Labeling (COOL) revision of 2013 violates global rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Ohio farmers face tax hike in voluntary program, for 2015
The Ohio Department of Taxation has a program called Current Agricultural Use Value. That program, known by farmers simply as CAUV, is designed to make farming financially easier for operators.
Ohio workshop covers weedy dangers to livestock and crop
Farmers need to keep an armor of forage on soils to protect them, explained Troyce Barnett with the USDA National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), at an Ohio grazing and pasture management workshop.
Corn flourishes for Illinois trials even in early rain
Early- and full-season hybrid trials recently concluded at the Mike Short farm in Putnam County seem to support federal projections for corn with average yields of 197.7 and 197.8 bushels per acre, respectively.
Test stems still green at harvest; pods and beans dry at Illinois site
Although sudden death syndrome and pythium were evident in the field surrounding this test plot, no diseases were seen in the actual LaSalle County soybean trial hosted at the farm of Christ and David Thomas.
Bearish milk production report beats out bullish cold storage
U.S. dairy farmers got the message. The record high milk prices and low feed costs signaled them to, pardon the pun, "milk ’em for all they’re worth." They added cows and got more out of every one.
US still battling Mexico and Canada over livestock tariffs
The World Trade Organization has once again ruled that the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rules for livestock are a violation of our international trade agreements.
