It’s been a trend in agriculture and agribusiness that seems to have accelerated each of the passing decades, get bigger or get out, and certainly evident in the farm equipment industry. Farm Equipment Magazine recently published the top 10 largest ag equipment dealers in North America. Number one on the list, a prime example of getting bigger, it’s United Ag and Turf out of …
The Illinois River holds an important place in American agriculture history and the development of the Midwest. Stretching 273 miles across the state of Illinois, the river served as a critical transportation and trade route long before modern highways and railroads transformed the region. The river begins at the meeting point of the Des Plaines River and the Kankakee River …
As growers continue to plant this year’s crops, USDA has released the Crop Planting Progress Report across the country. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey provided the update starting with corn. “Looking at our 18 production states listed in the USDA NAS table, we saw progress greater than 20% planted during the week in six of those states, led by North Dakota, a …
Well, it’s peanut planting time. Peanut farmers are waiting for the area that has not received any rain to get a rain to get this peanut crop in the ground. What’s going to happen now? Waiting on USDA to give us an estimate on how many peanuts have been planted before any contracts are going to be sealed. The first estimate was that this …
Precious metals not all that precious as they were even two weeks ago. Inflation back on the front burner heading into the memorial holiday and precious metals certainly feeling the effects. Still six more days of trade in the month of May after today, but so far for the month gold down over two percent to near 4500 dollars an ounce. That’s the lowest …
For generations, the Colorado River has shaped the landscape, economy, and agricultural success of the American West. Stretching across rugged mountains, deep canyons, and desert valleys, the river is far more than a scenic natural wonder — it is one of the most important water sources in North America. According to American Agriculture History Minute host Mark Oppold, the Colorado …
The Georgia Beef Board has been busy promoting beef across the state and we caught up with Wyatt Doolittle with GBB to learn more. “Over the past two weeks, we’ve spent a lot of time where the cattle industry starts at our local stockyards. Visiting sale barns, talking with producers and staying connected to the people who make this industry possible is incredibly …
The Florida Beef Council recently hosted dieticians at EPCOT this week and we caught up with Deanne Maples with the Florida Beef Council to learn more. “Sunday night, the Florida Beef Council hosted what we called the Beef Passport at Epcot. And honestly, it quickly became one of the coolest nutrition outreach programs we’ve done in my time at the Beef Council. We brought …
As grills are firing up this weekend the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association is encouraging consumers to choose beef. We caught up with Erin Beasley with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association to learn more. “Well, the unofficial start of summer means that it’s time to fire up the grills for Memorial Day and we want to remind all of the listeners, consumers, and of …
With Election Day today, the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association is encouraging everyone to get out to the polls and we caught up with Erin Beasley with ACA to learn more. “Well, for months we’ve been leading up to the big Tuesday primary vote and that will take place here on May 19th is the primary voting day for the state of Alabama and …
