Harvest pace controls grain market
At current corn and soybean prices, the farmers will resist selling as long as they can.
Monsanto hits record seed, genomics sales, profit in FY17
Monsanto's net sales for fiscal year 2017 were $14.6 billion, up more than $1 billion year-over-year, thanks to the company's new soybean and cotton technologies.
You can help farmers pounded by Hurricane Harvey
If you want to help Texas farmers and ranchers, FFA chapters or 4-H clubs affected by Hurricane Harvey, here's how you can make a donation.
Dairymen can opt out of Margin Protection Program without fee
Dairymen have the option of opting out of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency Margin Protection Program for 2018 without paying a fee.
Monsanto adds another CRISPR platform to genetic toolbox
Monsanto has created an agreement with biotech firm ToolGen to use ToolGen’s CRISPR technology platform
for use in genetic development of plants.
POET Biorefining expands in Marion
POET Biorefining-Marion broke ground Aug. 15 to expand its production capacity from 70 million gallons of ethanol per year to 150 million gallons.
USDA forecasts record soybean production
USDA Crop Production report predicts record 88.7 million acres of soybeans will be harvested this year.
Everyone’s waiting on USDA’s Aug. 1 report
What does USDA think we will see for crop production? Everyone is waiting for the latest report on Aug. 10.
US on track to set ethanol production record
If US ethanol production remains relatively high through the second half of the year, 2017 will set a new record for annual fuel ethanol production.
Egg prices good for consumers, bad for farmers
Since the winter of 2016, egg prices have plummeted. While that's good for shoppers, it has been tough for egg producers. One OSU Extension expert says some Ohio egg producers are 'just hanging on.'
