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New RMA rules, deadline give flexibility in cover crop termination
WASHINGTON — Farmers have been given more time to terminate their cover crops after the excessively wet spring of last year prevented many of them from doing that in time to meet a crop insurance deadline. Before In order for grain farmers to insure their main crop, they previously had to terminate cover crops by
Good night for a moon view, sort of
We took a short ride in the car at 1 a.m., just around the circle drive to prove that even if the moon was overhead of the house, we would never see it in the overcast.
September will pack several punches
In the summer’s waning warmth after Labor Day, my mother would order her child army into the big garden of my youth to gather the year’s final flush of vegetables.
Harvest rarely done by Thanksgiving
Despite Thanksgiving’s late November arrival, neither we nor the neighbors of the southern Illinois farm of my youth were done with harvest by the harvest holiday.
Predicting the future: Farmers rolling dice with crop insurance
Most farmers say they would farm without crop insurance, but it makes their lives a little easier. Without the backup of crop insurance, they say, their business and livelihood might not survive. Kristy Foster-Seachrist examines how Ohio farms are using, or not using, the program.
Vilsack confirmed as agriculture secretary
The U.S. Senate approved Tom Vilsack for another round as the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Feb. 23. Vilsack’s supporters referenced his previous eight years as the Secretary of Agriculture under the Obama administration.
Visiting other farms is great way to explore new ideas for your own dairy
Dairy farmers can tour two Ashtabula County farms Sept. 8.
World economic problems overwhelm reports
All the good news in the U.S. Department of Agriculture from Sept. 19 reports could not overcome negatives in U.S. and world economic conditions last week.
Farmland price bubble will burst
American humorist Will Rogers once cracked that Americans are the only people in the world to drive themselves to the poor house.
Fewer wheat acres could boost prices
The lowest projected winter wheat plantings in 30 years could give some lift to wheat prices by summer harvest.
