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engAGe: Finding Your Dream Job
Published August 12, 2019
Minnesota Agriculture Department Assistant Commissioner Whitney Place shares her experience working in farm policy and managing others in this week’s engAGe episode. Presented by AgCountry Farm Credit Services, the North Dakota Grain Growers Association and Corteva Agrisciences, engAGe is a…EPA Approves Small Refinery Exemptions
Published August 12, 2019
Heading into the weekend, the Environmental Protection Agency approved 31 new small refinery exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard. The move has been widely criticized in farm country. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson said this decision undermines the Renewable…Potential for a Wild, Volatile Market Ride Ahead
Published August 12, 2019
The Farm Service Agency will release their prevent plant and failed/planted acreage numbers today. Roy E Abbott Futures president Roy Abbott says buckle in for a wild, volatile, market ride. "I think the market is concerned about the dry weather…American Crystal Sugarbeet Pre-Pile Begins August 15
Published August 9, 2019
Pre-pile sugarbeet harvest begins soon for American Crystal Sugar Company. General Agronomist Joe Hastings says the early root samples look good. "In our first week sampling, we averaged 14.5 tons. That's a half ton below our five year average. We…A Very Wet July and August for SD Farmers
Published August 9, 2019
South Dakota had its third wettest July on record this year and August is also starting out wet. This past week, a string of severe weather made its way through the state. South Dakota State University Extension State Climatologist Laura…Average Cropland Value Increases for 2019
Published August 9, 2019
The average value of agricultural cropland in the United States is $4,100 per acre, up 1.2 percent from the previous year. That’s according to the USDA 2019 Land Values report released this week. That value of cropland ties the 2015…AccuWeather Forecasts Big Drop in ’19 Corn and Soybean Yields
Published August 9, 2019
AccuWeather analysts are estimating corn production at just over 13 billion bushels. That’s more than nine percent below last year and nearly six percent lower than the latest USDA estimate. If those numbers are realized, corn production would be at…A Look at How USDA Acreage Surveys are Conducted
Published August 8, 2019
In late June, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service announced they would re-survey U.S. crop acres. With the much-anticipated USDA crop production report less than one week away, USDA NASS Crops Branch Chief Lance Honig explains how the re-survey data…A Lot of Unanswered PP Questions Ahead of USDA Report
Published August 8, 2019
CHS Hedging Director of Risk Consulting Services Kent Beadle is getting asked a lot of prevent plant questions at Farmfest. "Every question starts and ends with what ends on August 12. We're very interested in that ourselves," says Beadle. "We're…