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The big day is finally here (get your USDA report game face on!)
Today is the day of the landmark USDA Planting Intentions Report. Everyone’s waiting for the noon hour release!
Market Monitor : Volatile week before USDA report
Grain markets are anxious to find out what the USDA Planting Intentions Report will have say how many corn and soybeans acres are expected for the 2014 growing year.
Sky dance: The woodcock’s courtship routine
In his classic, A Sand County Almanac (1949), wildlife biologist Aldo Leopold described the male American woodcock’s courtship display as a “sky dance.” I call it my favorite harbinger of spring. A few nights ago, as I watched the February full moon rise in the east, a familiar sound caught my ear. “Peent!” A few
Bigger and bigger and …
It was, literally, a sight for sore eyes. Two years ago March 12, trumpets blasted in Ankeny, Iowa, as America’s new gladiators for agricultural justice — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., his antitrust chief Christine Varney, U.S. Department of Agriculture boss Tom Vilsack and hundreds of farmers — gathered for a day-long discussion on
Autumn leaves ready to take the stage
Mother Nature has already dismantled her art gallery and set the stage for her annual striptease. The performance is usually accompanied by wind music, sometimes as in the rattle of dry leaves — veils? — flung wantonly into the sky, sometimes without fanfare when raindrops keep the dancers grounded. Some veils lie in mosaic skirts
New technology could capture ammonia from liquid manure
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Though it may not sound very glamorous, a new method of extracting ammonium from liquid animal manure could be exciting news for both confined animal operations and environmental groups, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service engineer.
China poised as Calculating Giant
China is a Calculating Giant, assessing its options, positioning itself for continued dominance — particularly on the world food scene.
Childhood farm adventures offer serene memories
Judith Sutherland reflects on the power of childhood memories to bring serenity in times of great stress and fearfulness.
Youth donates steer to support Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio
McKalynne Helmke was one of the exhibitors selected to raise a steer, show it and auction it to support the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio.
Report: PA produced record amount of natural gas in 2018
Pennsylvania produced more natural gas last year than ever before, according to the DEP’s 2018 Oil and Gas Annual Report.
