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Farming Meets Solar at the 2024 Solar Farm Summit
CHICAGO — Chicago’s Loews Convention Center became home to the largest assembly of the solar and agriculture industries on the planet on July 8-10, as over 400 solar companies, farmers & ranchers, and University researchers converged on the Windy City for the Second Annual Solar Farm Summit. What brought these disparate parties together from across the…
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These Guidance Systems Are Giving Operators Optimal Field Efficiency
Manufacturers continue to upgrade their technology to ensure equipment operators have the edge they need to do the job right. The post These Guidance Systems Are Giving Operators Optimal Field Efficiency appeared first on CropLife.
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Russian Wheat Harvest Forecast Drops
Farmers in Russia’s breadbasket are battling temperatures over 120 degrees and trying to save a wheat crop hit hard by a heatwave, frosts, and even floods. Rostov, one of Russia’s key wheat-growing regions, accounted for 11 percent of the country’s total grain harvest last year, and ag ministry officials are monitoring it to make more…
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Flash Drought Intensifies in Mid-Atlantic Region
Following weeks of intense summer heat and little rainfall, AccuWeather says a flash drought has developed and intensified in a region stretching from the Carolinas to Pennsylvania. A flash drought is described as the sudden arrival of drought conditions that are set in motion by lower-than-normal rates of precipitation, accompanied by abnormally high temperatures, winds,…
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Lower commodity prices darken farm income outlook, says Federal Reserve
Lower commodity prices darken farm income outlook, says Federal Reserve Successful Farming
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More layoffs expected at John Deere as sales for farming equipment decline
More layoffs expected at John Deere as sales for farming equipment decline WOWT
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Governor Declares July to be Wheat Month in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. — When you bite into that cookie or graham cracker s’more this summer, you can thank a Michigan wheat farmer – and the state’s milling industry. Wheat is a multi-million-dollar-crop in the Great Lakes State, with most of it ending up in cookies, crackers, pretzels, pastries, cereals, pies and cakes. “Many think of…
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Wheat jumps 1%, rising for 2nd session on strong demand
Wheat jumps 1%, rising for 2nd session on strong demand Business Recorder
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Grain and Livestock Futures Finally See a Technical Bounce
Grain and Livestock Futures Finally See a Technical Bounce Agweb Powered by Farm Journal
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Too soon to know full crop impacts of weather extremes
Climatologists say it’s too soon to know how exactly much the excessive moisture and other weather extremes have negatively affected the U.S. crop. “So far, the (weekly USDA) crop conditions are generally very good. But usually, wetter years aren’t big yield loss years.” Dennis Todey with USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub says overall, while U.S. crop…
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Cover crops absorbing excess rain
A longtime user of cover crops says the infiltration benefits have helped prevent excess moisture stress in recent weeks. John Burke farms within a mile of Michigan’s Saginaw Bay. “Our soils are very flat where I’m at, they’re all lakebed soils,” he explains. “Erosion is a big problem and so is run off into our…
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Control Options for Fall Armyworms
TIFTON, Ga. — The fall armyworm is by far the most important caterpillar pest in pastures and hayfields. These pests can quickly decimate a field of any forage crop, often selecting higher quality material first. If not controlled, the FAW can cause severe economic damage and total forage loss. Reports of fall armyworm have rapidly…
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Survey finds Nebraska farmland values are moderating
An ag economist says farmland values in Nebraska are moderating. “We estimate the market value at about $3,835 an acre, about 5% over the prior year,” Jim Jansen with the University of Nebraska Extension says. This is the third consecutive year the university’s annual farmland survey has shown increases, but Jansen says it’s a far…
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Check wet soybean fields for phytophthora
A plant pathologist with the University of Missouri Extension says phytophthora could show up in some soybean fields this year. Mandy Bish says the pathogen for the disease requires water to move into the root system and Missouri has been getting plenty of moisture this season. “If you start seeing wilting or yellowing plants about…
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Illinois’ rain fortunes have shifted
The Illinois state climatologist says the state’s moisture issues have shifted. Trent Ford tells Brownfield much of Illinois was dry before the remnants of Hurricane Beryl earlier this month. “It wasn’t just that we got the rain, those three or four inches,” he says, “but it came in a way that made it so it…
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Wheat Market Shows Signs Of Life
Wheat Market Shows Signs Of Life Barchart
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Ukraine: Farmers are planting melons because they’re more profitable
The Ukraine Report: Farmers are planting melons because they’re more profitable RFD-TV
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Does the market finally agree with USDA on US corn yield?
Does the market finally agree with USDA on US corn yield? -Braun XM
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Wheat Futures Climb on Hopes for Better Export Sales
Wheat Futures Climb on Hopes for Better Export Sales — Daily Grain Highlights Marketscreener.com
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South African white farmers, Black protesters face off over farm murder
South African white farmers, Black protesters face off over farm murder Yahoo Singapore News
