You better know your production costs for 2009
By MIKE DUFFY
Estimating costs of crop production for 2009 will be extremely difficult. Some farmers have received forwarding pricing, some set a quantity only...
Economist sees lower crop prices in 2009
SAN ANTONIO -- Farm income hit a record high in 2008 due in part to record prices for corn, soybeans and wheat, but an...
Ohio hog inventory up 5 percent; U.S. inventory down 2 percent
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Ohio hog producers had 1,930,000 hogs on hand Dec. 1, 2008, up 5 percent from a year earlier, and up...
ACRE program signup set for spring
USDA farm programs: Advance direct and counter-cyclical payments started in December.
Cargill plant named 2008 Feed Mill of the Year
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Feed Industry Association and Feedstuffs have named the Cargill Animal Nutrition plant in Martinsburg, Pa., as the 2008 Feed...
Total planted acreage of crops could drop
URBANA, Ill. -- Total planted acreage of all crops could drop substantially if crop prices remain generally low, said a University of Illinois Extension...
Put farm taxes on your to-do list
It's not to late to make changes for tax purposes. This year farmers have more alternatives to consider with respect to cost recovery or depreciation on assets that they placed in service during 2008.
DFA and two former execs hit with $12 million penalty
WASHINGTON -- Dairy Farmers of America, its former chief executive officer, Gary Hanman, and its former chief financial officer Gerald Bos will pay a...
Looking for December optimism in USDA report
The stage seems to be set for recovery in the grain markets.
American Soybean Association: Checkoff funds being mishandled
Huge rift between U.S. soybean producer boards. The American Soybean Association is blasting the United Soybean Board, raising "serious ethical, legal, and financial allegations" about how farmer checkoff funds and program activities are being conducted.
