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Broiler sets, placements stick to higher pace
2025 broiler sets and placements continue to move faster than 2024. The USDA says 249.476 million broiler-type eggs were set into incubation, jumping 1.198 million on the week and 1% on the year, with average hatchability dipping slightly to 78.5%. 191.503 million broiler-type chicks were placed into meat production, rising 44,000 from the previous week…
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Chicago Corn Falls on USDA Planting Expectations
Chicago Corn Falls on USDA Planting Expectations Successful Farming
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Minnesota Farm Bureau President Dan Glessing Testifies on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON – Minnesota Farm Bureau (MBFB) President Dan Glessing testified on March 26 before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, as part of its hearing – America Builds: How Trucking Supports American Communities. “The success of American agriculture relies upon a robust, safe, and dependable transportation system,” Glessing stated.…
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Black Sea deal unlikely to boost Russian food exports in short-term
Black Sea deal unlikely to boost Russian food exports in short-term MSN
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Protecting animal health from outside threats
Protecting animal health from outside threats is essential to safeguarding the U.S. food supply. Dr. Kelli Werling with Indiana’s State Board of Animal Health says unwanted pathogens are typically introduced through U.S. ports of entry. She tells Brownfield programs like the Beagle Brigade play a key role in preventing the ag industry from foreign pests…
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Senate Democrats push back on halted USDA food bank deliveries
Senate Democrats push back on halted USDA food bank deliveries MLive.com
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Sewage sludge can find a second life on farm fields. Here’s how it’s made
Sewage sludge can find a second life on farm fields. Here’s how it’s made FOX 31 Denver
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USDA Reallocates Rural Energy Funds to Bolster U.S. Energy Independence in Line with Trump’s Executive Order
USDA Reallocates Rural Energy Funds to Bolster U.S. Energy Independence in Line with Trump’s Executive Order Hoodline
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Federal Election: Maintaining Free Trade Between U.S. and Canada, Business Risk Management and Taxation Are Top Concerns for Grain Farmers
Federal Election: Maintaining Free Trade Between U.S. and Canada, Business Risk Management and Taxation Are Top Concerns for Grain Farmers Farms.com
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Heavy Rain and Snow This Weekend as Active Storm Track Returns
Heavy Rain and Snow This Weekend as Active Storm Track Returns DTN The Progressive Farmer
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Grain deal puts downward pressure on markets, ceasefire dependent on ag sanctions
A marketing analyst says futures have been negatively reacting to the possibility of a renewed Black Sea Grain Deal. Angie Setzer is the co-founder of the grain marketing firm Consus. “When Russia wasn’t getting their way, they then said, okay, we’re pulling out,” she explains. “That was November of 2023. Initially, everyone thought that that may…
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NCBA Outlines Trade Priorities in Ways and Means Hearing
WASHINGTON — National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) member and chairman of the Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA) Robby Kirkland testified before the House Ways and Means Committee. In the hearing titled, American Trade Negotiation Priorities, Kirkland highlighted the benefits of past trade agreements for U.S. cattle producers and the need for greater access to foreign…
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What would Russia get from Black Sea deal?
What would Russia get from Black Sea deal? Reuters
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Can Your Land Be Searched? Western Conference Session Details Fourth Amendment and Ag
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Two crowd-favorite presenters are returning to speak at a national agricultural conference — this time out West. Senior Attorneys Robert Frommer and Joshua Windham of the Institute for Justice will present on the Fourth Amendment and agriculture at the 3rd Annual Western Water, Agricultural, and Environmental Law Conference. The two previously spoke in 2024 at…
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Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it
Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it Yahoo
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“Elon Musk’s shockwave”: 6,000 layoffs unleash a massive invasion of destructive species across the United States
“Elon Musk’s shockwave”: 6,000 layoffs unleash a massive invasion of destructive species across the United States Sustainability Times
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Fossil Fuel, Agriculture Officials to Rail Against Trump Port Fee Plan
Fossil Fuel, Agriculture Officials to Rail Against Trump Port Fee Plan Successful Farming
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Survey Reveals Farmers Will Plant More Corn in 2025
Survey Reveals Farmers Will Plant More Corn in 2025 Successful Farming
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Don’t wait for USDA to surprise you
Don’t wait for USDA to surprise you Farm Progress
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Dry conditions likely to affect wheat
A farmer in south central South Dakota says widespread dryness has been good for spring fieldwork, but not good for winter wheat emergence. Bryan Jorgensen says “it went in last fall very dry. We haven’t had significant moisture since September. The winter wheat crop never emerged and it still hasn’t emerged yet although it is…
