Thursday, April 25, 2024

Ag Progress Days, Aug. 12-14, will feature nearly 500 commercial and educational exhibits, field demonstrations and a variety of workshops aimed at helping farmers enhance efficiency and profitability.
prevented planting 2019 cornfield

Marlin Clark explains how the markets responded after the USDA Crop Progress report revealed that not much corn and soybeans have been planted yet.
bird flu in Dubois Co., Ind.

The USDA has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H7N8 avian influenza, or bird flu, in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, in southcentral Indiana. This is a different strain of HPAI than the strains that caused the 2015 outbreak.

Trustees file complaint against Ohio Department of Agriculture to stop use of 12,000-gallon anhydrous tank; ODA counters suit has no legal standing.

The farm bill's nutrition title, Title IV, that was removed from the bill that passed, will go back to the ag committee for round two.

(Scroll down for a video excerpt of the governor's speech.) LONDON, Ohio -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich wants a strong agriculture industry in the state....

URBANA, Ill. — Two broad fundamental factors appear to be influencing corn and soybean prices as the growing season reaches the last stages, said...

Giant ragweed -- on the rise in Pennsylvania -- is one of the most difficult weeds to manage if it enters tilled fields and is a common problem in Ohio corn and soybean fields.

A large crowd was on hand for the sale of registered Holsteins at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, April 16.
grain bins

The grain markets are concentrating on South American politics and weather, and on the Thanksgiving holiday. These dominate prices in the absence of other, more direct, news.