Marlin: New fear strikes at grain prices
Marlin Clark explains how current events and rumors have been affecting grain prices in this week's market report.
Oil and gas drilling permits climbing in Ohio, Pa.
There were 268 oil and gas drilling permits issued in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale play, and 112 permits issued in Ohio’s Utica play in March/April.
Ohio Ag Equipment buys Witmer’s Inc.
Ohio Ag Equipment, a division of Ohio CAT, has purchased the Witmer’s Inc. AGCO dealership near Columbiana, Ohio. The Witmer family will now focus on its construction business.
Ag-Pro adds third Ohio John Deere dealership
Georgia-based Ag-Pro Companies has purchased Kuester Implement, its third Ohio John Deere dealership in three months.
Pa. farmers hammered by DOT regs
The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed a series of regulations aimed at operators of farm equipment in Pennsylvania. Those regulations would require farmers to keep logs, prohibit anyone under 18 from working a tractor, and anyone operating a tractor or other farm equipment would need a medical certificate.
Cuban agriculture at a glance
Direct control of Cuba’s key agricultural resources remains a governmental priority to ensure a “rational, planned economy.”
Eliminating GMOs would raise food prices
If there was a ban on GMO crops in the US, consumers could expect food prices to rise 1-2 percent per year, and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
Grain farmers facing ‘slow-motion disaster’
Compounding the poor planting season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced June 10 that unplanted acres will not qualify for 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments.
LandPro Equipment buys Elder Ag and Turf
The John Deere dealership LandPro Equipment, headquartered in Falconer, N.Y., has purchased the three Elder Ag and Turf Equipment locations in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio from Elder Sales and Service, Inc.
President Trump to American Farm Bureau: ‘Farmers are our future’
President Donald Trump became the first president in a quarter century to address the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
