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3 天之前 — The Illinois AgriNews and Indiana AgriNews staff is in the field each week, covering topics that affect local farm families and their businesses. We give readers information they can’t get ...
Farm & Food File: Tough 2024 gets tougher – AgriNews
1 天前 — In late August, USDA estimated “prices for all food are predicted to increase 2.3%” in 2024 and 2% in 2025. The biggest increase will be in “food-away-from-home … predicted to increase 4.1 ...
From the Fields: Rients begins test plot harvest – AgriNews
9 小时之前 — Rients planted the corn test plots on April 22. (AgriNews photo/Tom C. Doran) We harvested my two corn test plots Sept. 25. Technically, this is a corn-on-soybean plot because we broke the cycle ...
Farmers turn to high-moisture corn silage for nutritional boosts
3 天之前 — Williams, who has bagged silage and forage since 2006, said the technique works particularly well for lower tonnage crops like high-moisture corn. “The shrink is very low, about 1% to 2%, and ...
Protecting domestic agriculture through trade policy
5 天之前 — October 10, 2024 at 6:50 pm CDT. Expand. After decades of substantial surpluses, staggering agricultural trade deficits over the past two years have caught Farm Bureau’s attention. Policy ...
Six decades of ag’s transformation: The evolution of agricultural ...
2024年3月13日 — The world agricultural TFP growth rate increased over the decades from 1961 to 2010, rising from less than 0.1% per year in 1961-1970 to nearly 2% per year on average by 2001-2010. Agricultural ...
95% of U.S. farms family-owned, operated: census - AgriNews
2024年2月27日 — Here are some highlights of the U.S. findings. • There were 1.9 million farms and ranches, down 7% from 2017, with an average size of 463 acres, up 5%, on 880 million acres of farmland, down 2% ...
Farm & Food File: The more things change, the more things change
2023年12月11日 — By Alan Guebert. December 10, 2023 at 2:30 pm CST. Expand. Guebert. The old maxim, “the more things change, the more things stay the same,” might ring true for some facets of our lives, but it ...
2022′s top ag issues and a look ahead - AgriNews
2023年1月15日 — The high cost of fuel severely impacted farmers and ranchers, especially as they navigated the fall harvest season. The cost of fertilizer increased by more than 60% from 2021 to 2022. Thankfully ...
Trade with China boosting ag exports to record levels
2022年1月3日 — Trade with China boosting ag exports to record levels. OAK BROOK, Ill. — U.S. agricultural exports are at record levels. “We’ve had record exports at over $175 billion,” said Amanda ...