At a time when commodity prices remain under pressure and margins are already thin, higher operating expenses will place additional strain on farm viability, reports Jim Henry.
Lake County Farm Bureau has invited elected officials, school representatives and their families to attend the annual Evening on the Farm event July 24 at Kleine Dairy Farm.
State and local officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the opening of Incobrasa Industries’ new facility that doubles its annual soybean processing capacity.
The United States is the world’s largest producer and exporter of corn. But that global market — and corn superpower status — is not guaranteed.
Results of a new study about women in agriculture were unveiled by American Farm Bureau Federation’s Women’s Leadership Committee.
Eleven Lincoln Land Community College agriculture students participated in a weeklong agricultural industry tour of California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Thirteen lucky corn growers started the season off with an unforgettable surprise when they discovered their Pioneer brand corn seed had a special gold-colored seed treatment, signifying they had won the Golden Seed incentive.
An expected large shift away from corn acres didn’t happen, based on a planted acres survey of farmers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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