Agriculture

3 Big Things Today, November 15, 2019

Byline: 1. Soybeans, Grains Slightly Lower Amid Ongoing Trade Worries Soybeans and grains were slightly lower in overnight trading as concerns about a trade deal or lack

Urban-Rural Poverty Gap Has Widened Since the Great Recession

Getty: John Fedele Byline: For decades, the poverty rate has been higher in rural America than in metropolitan areas, a situation often attributed to an older, lower-paid

3 Big Things Today, November 14, 2019

David Ekstrom Byline: 1. Soybeans Slightly Lower, Grains Higher in Overnight Trading Soybeans were modestly lower overnight, while grains were a touch higher as investors

3 Big Things Today, November 13, 2019

Byline: 1. Grains Slightly Lower, Beans Modestly Higher Overnight Grains were slightly lower while soybeans were higher in overnight trading Wednesday. The USDA released

USDA Stumbles on Release of Market-Moving Crop Report

Byline: The USDA was unable to deliver its market-moving crop report, often described as its premierproduct, for 10 minutes due to a computer outage in Kansas City, promp

States should dismantle APMCs, adopt eNAM for farmers' benefit: Nirmala Sitharaman

e-NAM is a pan-India electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC mandis to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.

3 Big Things Today, November 12, 2019

Ethan Clarke Byline: 1. Soybean, Grain Futures Little Changed in Overnight Trading Soybeans and grains were little changed in overnight trading, as investors await any ne

For Those Farmer Vets, Today We Salute You

Mike McGinnis Byline: DES MOINES, Iowa To all of you U.S. Veterans out there. If not for guys and gals like you, guys like me would not live as we do. Your service is gr

3 Big Things Today, November 11, 2019

Byline: 1. Soybeans, Grains Lower Overnight on WASDE, China Trade Soybeans and grains were lower in overnight trading Monday as markets still react to last weeks World Ag

Perdue Says Second Tranche of Trump Tariff Payments is On Its Way

USDA Byline: Farmers can expect a cash injection of billions of dollars in Trump tariff payments later this month or in December, said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue

3 Big Things Today, November 8, 2019

Byline: 1. Corn, Soybeans Little Changed in Overnight Trading Corn and soybeans were little changed in overnight trading, as the harvest rolls on and investors await news

3 Big Things Today, November 7, 2019

Gil Gullickson Byline: 1. Soybeans Higher on Reports China, U.S. to Drop Tariffs Soybeans were higher in overnight trading after Chinese state media said Beijing and Wash

New Zealand passes law aimed at combating climate change

The Zero Carbon bill aims to make New Zealand reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to the point the country becomes mostly carbon neutral by 2050. It gives some leeway to

Farmers Expect More Trump Tariff Payments in 2020

Gage Skidmore Byline: Although farmers and ranchers overwhelmingly believe they will emerge as winners from the Sino-U.S. trade war, they also expect the Trump administra

3 Big Things Today, November 6, 2019

David Ekstrom Byline: 1. Soybeans, Corn Modestly Higher in Overnight Trading Soybeans and corn were only slightly higher in overnight trading, as investors weigh optimism

3 Big Things Today, November 5, 2019

Byline: 1. Soybeans Little Changed Overnight, Corn Turns Slightly Higher Soybeans were little changed in overnight trading as investors weigh optimism about a trade deal

Attend a Women in Ag Conference This Winter

Photography: Natalina Sents Byline: Make plans now to attend an upcoming conference for women in agriculture. These events offer inspiring speakers, educational sessions,

3 Big Things Today, November 4, 2019

Byline: 1. Corn Futures Decline Overnight, Soybeans Little Changed Corn futures were lower overnight, while soybeans were little changed amid favorable harvest weather th

LP Demand for Corn, Soybean Grain Drying Causes Supply Shortages

Byline: DES MOINES, Iowa --As Midwest farmers work 24 hours a day trying to get their wet crops out of the field to dry them in on-farm storage, liquid propane (LP) suppl

3 Big Things Today, November 1, 2019

Byline: 1. Soybeans, Grains Little Change in Overnight Trading on Trade Worries Soybeans and grains were little changed in overnight trading as investors await news about

3 Big Things Today, October 31, 2019

Gil Gullickson Byline: 1. Soybeans, Grains Slightly Lower Overnight on Trade Worries Soybeans and grains were modestly lower overnight on pessimism about a trade deal aft