The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is expressing frustration with the Trump administration’s decision to import additional beef. NDSA Vice President Tim Erbele said producers worry the move could create more market uncertainty at a time when the U.S. cattle inventory…

Ohio Representative Shontel Brown wants to succeed Minnesota Representative Angie Craig and lead the Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee in the new Congress. Craig lost the primary for Minnesota’s Senate race and will be leaving the House. California Congressman…

The cattle business has been whipsawed by a series of policy headlines, ranging from additional lower-tariff foreign beef imports to renewed discussion of mandatory country-of-origin labeling. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane said cattle producers…

The Senate Agriculture Committee’s farm bill will need 60 votes to advance when it reaches the Senate floor. Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper does not believe those votes are currently there. “Unless Senate Republicans and Democrats can…

According to Politico, White House officials may be reconsidering its controversial decision to import foreign lean beef trimmings. The Domestic Policy Council is reportedly looking for ways to partially roll back the imports ahead of the midterm elections. Farm-state lawmakers…

According to research from the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel, the Trump Administration’s decision to temporarily expand the tariff-rate quota for lean beef trimming imports has not lowered ground beef prices for the consumer. Farm Bureau tracked daily prices…

Record diesel prices are adding another major expense for farmers during harvest. International Services Incorporated Chief Growth Officer Jay Aldibert said the United States produces more diesel than it consumes, but overseas buyers are competing for that supply. Russia has…

During the Women in Agribusiness Summit in New Orleans, AgriPulse founder Sara Wyant received the Women in Agribusiness Leadership Award.

In this edition of MN Corn Matters, University of Minnesota Extension Farm Safety and Health Educator Emily Kreckleberg talks about National Farm Safety and Health Week. Click here. 

Keeping dirt out of sugarbeet piles will be especially important as growers prepare for the full harvest campaign. NDSU Extension Sugarbeet Plant Pathologist Eric Branch said wet harvest conditions can make cleaning beets more difficult. Branch said reducing tare soil offers…

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is expressing frustration with the Trump administration’s decision to import additional beef. NDSA Vice President Tim Erbele said producers worry the move could create more market uncertainty at a time when the U.S. cattle inventory…

The North American Equipment Dealers Association and Associated Equipment Distributors plan to merge. The merger takes effect in January. The unified group will be known as Associated Equipment Dealers.AED Board Chairman Marshall Anderson, who is the executive vice president of…

Mid America CropLife Association presented its Industry Vision Award to Syngenta Crop Protection’s head of U.S. State Affairs David Flakne. Flakne has led Syngenta’s legislative and regulatory affairs, product stewardship initiatives and natural resource and water quality programs for the…

Ohio Representative Shontel Brown wants to succeed Minnesota Representative Angie Craig and lead the Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee in the new Congress. Craig lost the primary for Minnesota’s Senate race and will be leaving the House. California Congressman…

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is expressing frustration with the Trump administration’s decision to import additional beef. NDSA Vice President Tim Erbele said producers worry the move could create more market uncertainty at a time when the U.S. cattle inventory…

The U.S. hog inventory is down from a year ago.  USDA says there were 74.3 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms September 1. That’s down two percent from last year, but up two percent from June.  The breeding inventory…

The fall feeder cattle run is underway across the Northern Plains. “The yearling run is in full blast and, you know, at prices near record highs, about the same as they were last year,” said Tim Petry, livestock marketing economist,…

In the Pioneer Agronomy Update, Pioneer Field Agronomist Kevin Sinner says corn harvest has begun in the most drought-stricken areas of the region. With the dry weather, the corn has been forced to cannibalize itself this season, making harvest prioritization…

Record diesel prices are adding another major expense for farmers during harvest. International Services Incorporated Chief Growth Officer Jay Aldibert said the United States produces more diesel than it consumes, but overseas buyers are competing for that supply. Russia has…

A potential U.S. potash deal with Belarus may not provide much relief from high fertilizer costs. StoneX Vice President of Fertilizer Josh Linville said Canada remains overwhelmingly the largest foreign supplier of potash to the United States, while Russia is…

Milk production in the 24 major dairy states totaled 19.2 billion pounds, up 1.8 percent from August. Milk production rose 2.1 percent in Minnesota and 8.4 percent in South Dakota. The gopher state added 6,000 more cows to the state…

During the Women in Agribusiness Summit in New Orleans, AgriPulse founder Sara Wyant received the Women in Agribusiness Leadership Award.

In this edition of MN Corn Matters, University of Minnesota Extension Farm Safety and Health Educator Emily Kreckleberg talks about National Farm Safety and Health Week. Click here. 

Keeping dirt out of sugarbeet piles will be especially important as growers prepare for the full harvest campaign. NDSU Extension Sugarbeet Plant Pathologist Eric Branch said wet harvest conditions can make cleaning beets more difficult. Branch said reducing tare soil offers…

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is expressing frustration with the Trump administration’s decision to import additional beef. NDSA Vice President Tim Erbele said producers worry the move could create more market uncertainty at a time when the U.S. cattle inventory…

The North American Equipment Dealers Association and Associated Equipment Distributors plan to merge. The merger takes effect in January. The unified group will be known as Associated Equipment Dealers.AED Board Chairman Marshall Anderson, who is the executive vice president of…

Mid America CropLife Association presented its Industry Vision Award to Syngenta Crop Protection’s head of U.S. State Affairs David Flakne. Flakne has led Syngenta’s legislative and regulatory affairs, product stewardship initiatives and natural resource and water quality programs for the…

South Dakota State University has three finalists to be its vice president for research and economic development. The associate dean for research in SDSU’s College of Agriculture Food and Environmental Services, John Blanton Jr. is the one local candidate. The…

Keeping dirt out of sugarbeet piles will be especially important as growers prepare for the full harvest campaign. NDSU Extension Sugarbeet Plant Pathologist Eric Branch said wet harvest conditions can make cleaning beets more difficult. Branch said reducing tare soil offers…

North Dakota farmers are being advised to wait for cooler soil temperatures before applying fall nitrogen. NDSU Extension Soil Specialist Brady Goettl says fall-applied nitrogen carries more risk than a spring application. “It’s never going to be as efficient as spring…

Dry bean harvest is underway near East Grand Forks, but recent rains and slow dry-down are limiting progress. “Yields have been coming in better than we thought, which is nice, all things considering,” reports Matt Krueger. Corn harvest will follow, and Kruger…

Frequent rain, fog and heavy dew continue to frustrate harvest crews. U.S. Custom Harvesters Vice President Mychal Neumiller says fieldwork has been limited. “All the combines in northern North Dakota, they work one day, they sit about three or four,…

At Karlstad, Minnesota, Justin Dagen says the region went roughly six weeks without rain during July and August, but September moisture has improved the potato harvest conditions. “Now we just have good harvest conditions, so even though it’s not a…

Jay Myers started with an early-maturing hybrid planted as insurance against a late fall. The first load came out at approximately 19 percent moisture, while his later-maturing corn still needs more time. Early yield results have been variable. “There’s spots…

Sugarbeet yield prospects remain highly variable south of Grand Forks. Thompson, North Dakota-area farmer Jason Nelson said hot, dry weather in July took some potential out of the crop. “It all depends where that cloud dropped the rain around us.”…

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is expressing frustration with the Trump administration’s decision to import additional beef. NDSA Vice President Tim Erbele said producers worry the move could create more market uncertainty at a time when the U.S. cattle inventory…

The U.S. hog inventory is down from a year ago.  USDA says there were 74.3 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms September 1. That’s down two percent from last year, but up two percent from June.  The breeding inventory…

The fall feeder cattle run is underway across the Northern Plains. “The yearling run is in full blast and, you know, at prices near record highs, about the same as they were last year,” said Tim Petry, livestock marketing economist,…

The cattle business has been whipsawed by a series of policy headlines, ranging from additional lower-tariff foreign beef imports to renewed discussion of mandatory country-of-origin labeling. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane said cattle producers…

According to Politico, White House officials may be reconsidering its controversial decision to import foreign lean beef trimmings. The Domestic Policy Council is reportedly looking for ways to partially roll back the imports ahead of the midterm elections. Farm-state lawmakers…

According to research from the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel, the Trump Administration’s decision to temporarily expand the tariff-rate quota for lean beef trimming imports has not lowered ground beef prices for the consumer. Farm Bureau tracked daily prices…

Minnesota is reporting three additional cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza as fall waterfowl migration picks up. The cases involve commercial poultry operations in Big Stone, Becker and Otter Tail counties, representing approximately 118,000 birds. The largest case involves more…

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is expressing frustration with the Trump administration’s decision to import additional beef. NDSA Vice President Tim Erbele said producers worry the move could create more market uncertainty at a time when the U.S. cattle inventory…

Ohio Representative Shontel Brown wants to succeed Minnesota Representative Angie Craig and lead the Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee in the new Congress. Craig lost the primary for Minnesota’s Senate race and will be leaving the House. California Congressman…

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over records tied to dicamba.  The group says EPA failed to release documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act before allowing over-the-top dicamba applications on resistant soybeans and…

A new Associated Press-KFF survey finds about half of rural registered voters believe the U.S. economy has worsened since President Donald Trump returned to office. At the same time, 48 percent approve of Trump’s overall job performance. Groceries, gasoline and health…

National Pork Producers Council President Rob Brennan sees more unity among agricultural organizations in the current farm bill debate than in recent years. “I think a lot of the frustration is because we’re watching folks on the Hill and in different…

The Senate Agriculture Committee’s farm bill will need 60 votes to advance when it reaches the Senate floor. Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper does not believe those votes are currently there. “Unless Senate Republicans and Democrats can…

According to Politico, White House officials may be reconsidering its controversial decision to import foreign lean beef trimmings. The Domestic Policy Council is reportedly looking for ways to partially roll back the imports ahead of the midterm elections. Farm-state lawmakers…