Growing in high tunnels takes planning
High tunnels make it possible to grow crops in cooler conditions and extend the growing season.
Wild market prompts Farm Bureau to offer stability suggestions
WASHINGTON — Highly volatile conditions have affected the cash and futures markets where farmers and ranchers sell their grains, oilseeds, cotton and livestock.
Federal...
Fewer honeybees lost over winter
The previous five years, winter honeybee losses were around 30 percent, but only 22 percent died this year.
Crude oil drives commodities
By MIKE WOOLVERTON
Extension Grain Economist
Sighs of relief were heard throughout the grain trade last week as corn and soybean planting both progressed. Ordinarily, prices...
Cattle market caught in money crisis
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Agriculture in the United States is caught in the web of uncertainty being created by the financial crisis of 2008.The...
Prices are just too good for payments
Average market price projections are above levels that would trigger the USDA's counter-cyclical payments.
2011 Jersey production sets records
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- New records for production by registered Jersey cows were established in 2011, according to the American Jersey Cattle Association.
Farmers: Conservation practices preserve soil, save money
Applying nutrients sub-surface and adopting no-till also has shown promise in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
AgroAtlas shows world agriculture at a glance
AgroAtlas, an interactive Russian/English website, shows the geographic distributions of 100 crops; 640 species of crop diseases, pests, and weeds; and 560 wild crop relatives growing in Russia and neighboring countries.
Survey finds five states have adopted stricter regulations on sale of raw milk
WASHINGTON -- The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has released updated results from a survey that gathered information about the regulation and sale of raw milk in the U.S.
