The last crop progress report on the corn harvest was issued by USDA on November 5, the earliest end to the reporting season since 1985 when they first started tracking the harvest progress. But, as of November 7, Kip Tom of Indiana was one of the growers with the 5% of corn nationwide that was not yet in the bin. …
Faces of Farming & Ranching Announced
The finalists in the USFRA Faces of Farming and Ranching program were announced today at the New York Food Dialogues. Those finalists include: Chris Chinn (Missouri), Will Gilmer (Ala.), Daphne Holterman (Wis.), Brenda Kirsch (Ore.), Tim Nilsen (Calif.), Eric McClam (S.C.), Katie Pratt (Ill.), Bo Stone (N.C.) and Janice Wolfinger (Ohio). More than 100 applications were received from passionate, dedicated …
USFRA New York Food Dialogues Underway
The New York Food Dialogues is now live on the web. Here’s our panel being led by Ari Velshi, CNN chief business correspondent. Just before we got started I visited with U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance board member Doug Wolf, National Pork Producers Council. This is his first visit to New York. He says the “agenda is laid out that …
Cowgirl Up! Let’s Go Ranching
With Christmas just around the corner, this just might be the perfect stocking stuffer for the little one in your life. The twins have brought you another educational story of life on the ranch. Sheridan and Rianna Chaney are proud to bring you the fourth book in the “The Chaney Twins’ Ag Series.” This book, “Cowgirl Up! Let’s Go Ranching” …
Case IH Announces Axial-Flow Combine
During the National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention in Kansas City, MO. I had the opportunity to talk with Nathan Weinkauf, Combine Marketing Manager for Case IH. He was really excited to share about their new Axial-Flow Combines that will be coming out in 2013. This new option for making farming easier for producers is a redesign of the industry-leading …
GMO Labeling Proposal Defeated
The good news from election results is the defeat of the GMO food labeling proposition in California. Unlike our poll here on AgWired, the vote on Proposition 37 in California was much less close and went the right way for those in agriculture who were opposed to the plan to require labeling of all foods containing genetically modified crops. The …
2012 Global Farmer Roundtable at WFP
This year’s Global Farmer Roundtable at the World Food Prize hosted another great group of producers from around the world. Participants at this event included 17 producers from Canada, Honduras, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Swaziland, United Kingdom, Uruguay, US, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This annual roundtable is organized by Truth About Trade & Technology (TATT), a nonprofit advocacy …
The Namaste Farms Celebrity Shepherdess
Ever met a celebrity shepherdess? I have. She’s Natalie Redding, Namaste Farms. We met at the O.H. Kruse Grain & Milling dealer appreciation day. Here’s Natalie (center) with friends during the Buying Show at the event last week. We talked about what she does and I think you’ll find it very interesting and entertaining. Natalie not only shepherds an “ever …
Early Harvest Provides Weed Control Opportunities
Corn and soybean harvest in the Midwest has been running at least two weeks ahead of schedule, with some states like Iowa almost done already. This situation provides farmers with a unique opportunity to get an early start fall weed control measures to lighten their spring workload. Justin Pollard, Monsanto Weed Management Technology Development Representative in Iowa, recommends that growers …
Illinois Farmers Featured on Anderson Live
On their farm in Maple Park, Ill., fourth-generation corn and soybean farmers, Mike and Lynn Martz visited recently with one consumer to answer her questions about organic and non-organic farming methods, and how biotechnology is used in food production. Long Island, N.Y., mother of three, Christine, toured the Martz’s 6,000+-acre farm last week and talked extensively with the husband-wife team …