Eastern US: Get ready for harsher winters
A shift in one end of the polar vortex toward eastern North America, could yield colder winters for the region.
Farm groups hope new alliance will block those attacking agriculture
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Twenty-three major farm groups have formed a new organization to develop and implement a well-funded, long-term, and coordinated public trust...
There are things that just can’t be explained
Marlin Clark does his best to break down and explain recent changes in the corn, soybean and wheat markets.
Pork board CEO Chris Hodges leaving after less than a year
The National Pork Board’s chief executive officer, Chris Hodges, who just joined the board in February, will leave his position effective Dec. 31.
U.S. farmers plant largest corn crop since 1937
WASHINGTON -- U.S. farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn, up 5 percent from last year, making it the highest corn acreage in the...
Crop conditions, Ukraine news dominate trading
Marlin Clark breaks down price changes in this week's grain markets in light of the Ukrainian port of Odessa opening up and a wetter-than-expected July.
Pitching farm life: Brenda Hastings takes dairy industry in an all new direction
Brenda Hastings pulls no punches on the subject of being a dairy farmer. And the co-owner of Hastings Dairy in Geauga County, Ohio, has become one of her industry’s most active advocates.
Damaged crop costs top $8 billion
Crops have incurred more than $8 billion in estimated weather-related damage so far in 2008.
Market volatility, thy name is war
The effects of the war in Ukraine on the grain markets were violent and volatile, and Marlin Clark believes, we will be talking about them for a long time.
Gov. Corbett establishes council to strengthen dairy industry in Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett has established a dairy leadership council that will help ensure that state government meets the needs of Pennsylvania's nearly $2 billion dairy industry.
