Firefighters Assist Kansas Livestock Amid Deadly Heat Index
Last week, high humidity and low wind speeds on Kansas feedlots left some cattle fighting to stay alive, including near Muscotah. Amid death losses and record heat, fire departments in the area stepped in to help provide life-saving water to cool cattle off.
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Syngenta Seeds, Sustainable Oils Announce Commercial Agreement to Sell Camelina Seed
Syngenta Seeds has entered into an agreement with Sustainable Oils, Inc., to provide farmers in parts of Kansas, Colorado and further west the opportunity to grow camelina, an oilseed-based crop, starting in 2024.
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Two Tax Codes You Need to Know During Drought Years
Drought and taxes. For the second year, dry conditions and high feed prices forced the sale of cattle across the country. With this additional revenue comes more taxes. Understanding how to deal with the influx of income comes down to two special tax provisions, which can reduce your tax liabilities.
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‘Solar Grazing’ is a Way For Farmers and Solar Companies to Use Land. But There Are Challenges
Along busy M-72 in Traverse City, Michigan, rows of huge solar panels gleam in the sun, and in the shade underneath them, there are sheep. This is “solar grazing,” where livestock are placed on solar arrays to keep vegetation around the panels in check.
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Rise of the Spray Drone
Sizes vary, but a sprayer drone can typically apply a 10' to 40' swath, depending on the wingspan, with bigger drones covering up to 50 acres an hour.
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Research Tackles Tough Question — To Replant or Not to Replant?
Flood, drought, hail, frost or another factor creating low or uneven stands may prompt a farmer to consider replanting. As part of a long-term study at the El Paso, Illinois, Practical Farm Research farm and at other sites, Beck’s agronomists are trying to establish guidelines to help farmers make the right economic decision about replanting in specific cases.
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New Soybean Yield Record Set at 206 Bushels
Alex Harrell shattered the world soybean record with a yield of 206.7997 bushels per acre on his Smithville, Georgia, farm.
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Herbicide Powered by Glu-L Technology Expected in 2024
Liberty Ultra herbicide will effectively control grasses and tough broadleaf weeds like waterhemp, palmer amaranth, giant ragweed and kochia in glufosinate-tolerant soybeans, cotton, canola, and corn. Registration is anticipated in late 2023, enabling a targeted launch in 2024 and a full launch in 2025.
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Expect Big Things at 70th Farm Progress Show
“With 550 companies planning to exhibit at this year’s event, we are back to pre-COVID years,” said Matt Jungmann, Farm Progress events director. “As far as attendees, our pre-registrations are running ahead of 2019 and we are setting records with international attendees.”
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Beef on Dairy Brings New Value to the Marketplace
The U.S. beef cow herd reached its lowest level in decades this summer as prolonged drought conditions in major cattle producing regions led producers to aggressively cull their herds. The sharp reduction in beef cow numbers will tighten supplies for years to come, while consumer demand for beef has remained remarkably consistent despite elevated retail prices.
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It's Starting: Why Recent Processing Plant, Farm Closures Signal Major Consolidation is Now Underway for Pork and Poultry
The reality today is margins for hog producers could be worse than 1998, and it’s spurring what some think could be a similar situation to 1998: more consolidation in pork and poultry.
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Purdue Ag Researchers Receive $1.4 Million from USDA to Improve Poultry Production
Faculty members in Purdue University’s Department of Animal Science have received $1.4 million in grants from the USDA's National Institute for Food and Agriculture for research on safeguarding animal welfare. Both projects pertain to poultry production, a major contributor to the U.S. and Indiana economies..
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Precision Ag Usage is Highest in Top Row-Crop States
Farmers in the top corn, wheat, soybean, and hog states are twice as likely as farmers in smaller-volume states to use precision agriculture practices.
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State Continues to Lose Farmland to Residential, Solar Developments, Reports Show
More and more farmland in New York is being purchased and rented for residential developments and solar power, decreasing the number of viable agricultural acres and increasing the price of land, federal and state data show.
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If China Is In a Recession What Does That Mean for U.S. Ag Exports?
China’s economic woes continue to mount. Not only has the stock market collapsed, but this week, China’s central bank unexpectedly cut key policy rates for the second time in three months, a fresh sign of urgency to support the struggling economy. This might already be spilling over to the U.S. commodity sector in the form of weaker export demand.
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Carbon Intensity Is Going To Be A Team Sport
The Section 45Z tax credit provides biofuel producers (ethanol, biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel) with an incentive to produce low-emission fuels. This is setting up a new business model: farmers sell grain with the grain’s carbon data associated directly to its value. This is unlike carbon offset programs, which compensate farmers for carbon as an asset itself.
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Major Phosphate Discovery Critical to Sustainable Food Production
The best news you haven’t heard this summer is that the world’s supply of phosphate just got a lot bigger. Explorers in Norway say they have discovered a massive deposit of high-quality phosphate rock. It could contain 70 billion tons or more, essentially doubling the world’s proven reserves of 71 billion tons .
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USGC and Wisconsin Corn to Hold Trade School For Farmers
The Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board is teaming up with the U.S. Grains Council to educate farmers on trade and how the checkoff helps find new markets.
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July Rains Gave Relief, but Drought Remains for the Majority of the Corn Belt
July rainfall improved portions of the Corn Belt, allowing for a slight decline in corn growing in drought conditions. Early August rainfall forecasts will continue to be mixed as widespread moisture evades the Corn Belt.
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Rice Harvest Underway in Louisiana, Other States Will Begin Soon
Rice harvest is just getting underway in Louisiana and Bobby Hanks CEO of Supreme Rice says it’s running ahead of the average pace. “We’ve had some extremely dry weather here in Louisiana, which is allowed for continuous harvesting,” he says. “Normally we would see several days of interruptions with rains and showers that slow or stop the harvest.”
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