Corn prices looking for direction
URBANA, Ill. -- Corn prices have settled into a relatively narrow trading range, with December 2009 futures trading between $3.20 and $3.50 per bushel...
USDA issues advance direct payments
U.S. farmers will receive up to $1.15 billion in 2008 advance direct payments.
USDA to start MILC payments Feb. 5
The USDA’s Farm Service Agency will issue payments to dairy farmers enrolled in the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program for the September 2012 marketings, beginning Feb. 5.
What’s new in herbicides for 2012
There are only a few new commercial herbicide products available for 2012.
Ohio FSA extends prevented planting reporting deadlines
COLUMBUS -- Due to Ohio's weather creating delays in planting, the Ohio Farm Service Agency is extending the date to report prevented planting to...
Up and down: USDA releases latest crop forecast, demand numbers
Despite weather conditions in parts of the U.S., national corn production is forecast at 13.8 billion bushels, up 28 percent from 2012. If realized, this will be a new record production for the United States.
Midwest rainfall delays corn planting
While weather should improve in the next two weeks, it will not be enough to make up for planting delays already endured by the nation's corn farmers.
Ohio pork producers, processors donating meat to local foodbanks
The Ohio Pork Producers Council is leading an effort to generate 100,000 pounds of pork, or 500,000 servings, for the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks by April 30, 2010.
How high can hog prices go in 2011?
High feed costs will temper high hog prices toward a break-even year.
Comfy cows could produce more milk, have fewer health maladies
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- At the University of Kentucky Dairy Farm, milk cows are singing anything but the blues. The staff, students and faculty there have been putting a lot of effort into making them more comfortable with bigger stalls, rotating grooming brushes and, yes, even waterbeds.
