Cash dairy prices were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged for a third day at $0.4850 and again, n.sales were recorded. Block cheese...
First crop alfalfa is getting put up in west-central Minnesota. Natasha Mortenson of Benson says spring rain helped with tonnage. “We’ve been pretty lucky....
A Purdue weed science professor says a rise in herbicide resistance is creating more weed control challenges. Bryan Young says growers are seeing more waterhemp in fields this year....
A BASF Tech Service Representative says increased insecticide resistance is causing a rise in corn rootworm populations. Kurt Maertens says growers should be on...
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA has expanded the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish, or ELAP Program to cover milk losses...
An ag economist says farmland prices have been decreasing. Ernie Goss with Creighton University says the latest Rural Mainstreet Index shows prices have now...
