After the final report on the 2025 durum crop from USDA in January, and before the Prospective Planting Report at the end of March, it’s typically a slow time for the markets. Even so, the durum market has continued on a steady path and prices in some locales have even inched up slightly.
I turned 6 the winter we lived in the old military Quonset-hut house on Pleasant Ridge in the town of Willow om Richland County, Wisconsin. We were only there for a few months in the winter of 1956-1957. In March we moved to a new farm Dad had bought just a few miles down the hill along Will…
Calving season is wrapping up and the bull sale is approaching on the Jagels ranch. Katie is taking time to pray and finding comfort in giving some of the struggles over to God.
Looking ahead to another growing season, Extension weed scientists and agronomists are focused on efforts to control waterhemp, combat resistance to herbicides, and balance the cost of weed control in a time of high inputs and tight profit margins.
While sunflower producers are still in the process of making spring planting decisions, the market is also keeping a close watch on the price discovery process at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBoT), as well as the weather in South America and the potential impact on crop potential there.
Herbicide-resistant weeds are becoming a significant challenge for farmers in the semiarid Central Great Plains, particularly in wheat-sorghum-fallow rotations. Weeds like kochia and Palmer amaranth are becoming increasingly difficult to control each year, and the number of herbicide options…
This year’s Western Farm Show in Kansas City will again feature hundreds of exhibitors from across the wide range of agriculture, as well as farm life vendors, farm safety events and activities for students.
For bride Stephanie Schwedhelm Koch, her “something old” was a family heirloom transversing four generations, a beloved Model T truck.
It’s a typical slow time for the wheat market as producers review the details of the 2025 wheat crop while also contemplating planting decisions for the 2026 crop year. In the meantime, wheat prices continue in the same trading range they’ve been in for the past several weeks, primarily due …
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For the last two years, the dairy industry has been in a relatively good place. However, a downswing in the last half of 2025 is expected to continue into 2026.
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When it comes to syrup production, maple trees are late bloomers.
Low-stress handling, bale grazing and virtual fences have improved the health of the cattle, the land and the family at Downey Ranch in northeastern Kansas.
Since the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s final crop production report came out in January, the corn market has been trying to work its way out of the slump that resulted from the bearish report. It’s been a slow process.
I don’t think a person truly appreciates someone until they’re gone. My dad, Thomas L. Pfaff, passed away six years ago at the age of 86 and I still catch myself thinking of him almost every day. Little things on the farm remind me of him, such as a new calf birthed out of one of his cows or…
The tug of war continues between cattle feeders and packers, said Andrew Griffith, livestock marketing specialist at University of Tennessee.
Windlift tethered drones could be the next generation of ag drones, able to fly over crop fields and rangeland, monitoring crops, weeds and cows, with the ability to stay in the air for a long time.
A increase in the Chinese soybean commitment would help U.S. crops balance sheets, Price Futures Group analyst Austin Schroeder said.
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A British woman is set to embark on a 10-day journey throughout the United Kingdom, with a goal of milking 10,000 cows to raise funds for charity. Marie Stephenson said she felt compelled to help farmers after she saw how difficult the year 2025 was for them, so she decided upon a huge dairy…
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Winding or unwinding electric fence by hand takes labor and time, but the Rappa Winder, a vehicle-mounted fencing product being introduced to the U.S. at CattleCon 2026, can do it quickly and more efficiently, according to Nick Cockayne, managing director at Rappa International, based in the…
Bison impact the land differently than cattle, often beneficially. “They enhance the native prairies like nothing else can do,” South Dakota Rancher John Cammack said.
RED CLIFF, Wis. – Many of us recall the sight of a Bobolink clinging to a tall stalk of grass in a lush spring pasture. The black and white bird with a yellow head patch seem to defy gravity. How could such a large bird be supported by a stalk of grass? The male birds sing a rich song that f…
Maximizing the efficacy of glufosinate becomes important for managing resistant weed populations, as well as always using best management practices to keep what herbicides producers have left to use for post-emergent use in soybeans.
I recently attended the funeral of my cousin Francis “Mac” McDonough, at the United Methodist Church in Lime Ridge, Wisconsin. I had served briefly there as an interim pastor in 2014. The church was packed for the funeral service. Our voices swelled upward to the heavens as we sang the old f…
As President Donald Trump begins the second year of his second term, ag economists and farmers continue to watch his approach to trade and what it means for agriculture.
The crash between a regional jet and a military helicopter left 67 dead, including three students and six parents in Fairfax and multiple former students of Loudoun public schools.
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