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Grain prices impacted by rain, but what about crops?
Marlin Clark analyzes crop conditions and grain futures prices that have been impacted by weather forecasts predicting scattered rain across the Midwest.
Farm Bureau survey shows Thanksgiving dinner cost up 20%
The average cost of this year’s classic Thanksgiving feast for 10 is $64.05 or less than $6.50 per person. This is a $10.74 or 20% increase from last year.
Impact of trade war will hurt US farmers for years
Since Sept. 1, 2018, American soybean exports to China have declined by 80% of the three-year annual average. It will take years to rebuild that market.
100 years ago, progress meant infrastructure
Sam Moore recaps a 100-year-old letter to the Rural New Yorker, which described the construction of a military road during World War I.
How often should you cut alfalfa?
Learn how to adjust your harvesting schedule to increase alfalfa yields without sacrificing quality.
Use your influence to talk about farming
People don’t want to hear from a faceless organization, they want to hear from people they know, or “ordinary” people like them. Farmers like you. Real people.
The Whippet: More than just an old automobile
Folks often ask how I think of stuff to write about, and while I sometimes really have to scratch to come up with a subject, especially when a deadline is breathing down my neck, things I see in my travels often trigger a memory that leads to an idea for a story.
Bees, honey, supplies: Queen Right Colonies is a beekeeper’s destination
For most people, just one bee landing on an arm is enough to induce fear — if not panic. Imagine, if you can, a half-million. That’s about how many Lorain County beekeeper Denzil St. Clair figures he had on him in 2006, when he competed for the Guinness World Book of Records for most bees on one person.
Boom or bust? Farmland values continue to rise
Attend an auction or check out one of the few farms for sale, and it won’t take long for you to figure out that farmland values have increased over the past few years.
Eastern Livestock files bankruptcy after Fifth Third Bank files lawsuit
The bankruptcy filing comes after Fifth Third Bank, of Cincinnati, filed a lawsuit Nov. 10 against Eastern Livestock.
