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Case Studies Show Big Economic Benefits of Soil Health Practices
Soil health practices such as cover crops and no-till can result in an economic return of over $100 per acre, according to a set of case studies jointly released by the National Association of Conservation Districts and Datu Research, LLC. Cover crops and no-till can limit soil loss, reduce run-off, enhance biodiversity, and more. Naturally, farmers who are considering adopting these practices …
Specialty Crop Growers Want Changes to NAFTA
Specialty crop growers are more than ready to see changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). While certain agriculture industries have fared well from the agreement, such as potatoes, apples and cherries, specialty crops have not. Established in 1994, NAFTA created free trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico. However, the United States specialty crop industry is …
Final Day for Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Nominations
Today, September 1, is the final day to make nominations for the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame class of 2018. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is again partnering with the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Foundation to recognize outstanding individuals nominated by Florida’s agricultural community. Inductees will be honored at the annual banquet during the Florida State …
National Food Bank Day
Cathy Isom gives you all the good reasons why you’ll want to reach out to a local farmer or gardener for a little help today. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Hunger may be as close as your neighbor or your co-worker in the next cubical. But thanks to local food banks, help is available for some of the …
Senator Chuck Grassley Pessimistic About Farm Bill This Year
Longtime Ag Senator Chuck Grassley expects a farm bill to make it out of committee this year. However, he’s pessimistic about a farm bill actually getting done this year. Grassley sees the Senate Ag Committee starting to write a bill in another month or so. But Grassley says floor action will depend, as it always does, on …
Monsanto Supports Dicamba Label as Is
There are an estimated 3.1 million acres of possible dicamba damage in many parts of the country. Farm Journal says researchers are working to figure out what it will take to make sure farmers have long-term access to the chemical. Dicamba is currently on a conditional two-year label. Monsanto says the product label is accurate as it is and more …
Perdue Talks NAFTA Benefits with Trump
President Donald Trump is once again threatening to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement. USDA Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue spoke with the president this week about the merits of the trade deal. Bloomberg says Perdue is working to convince Trump that NAFTA has been a boon to agriculture. Perdue said the deal does have “rough edges” that could …
Dow-DuPont Merger Deal Closes
The Dow-DuPont merger closed Thursday. The deal was worth $150 billion and several spin-off companies could be formed soon. The Des Moines Register reports the first spinoff could be a combination of Pioneer and Dow AgroSciences. The reason that spinoffs could be formed soon is Dow and DuPont are under pressure from investors to create several smaller companies, now that …
Agri View: One Horse Farm Era
Everett Griner talks about agriculture history and the one horse farm era in today’s Agri View. Well, I have been reading from my farm history book again. I love American agriculture history. Reading about the era of the one-horse farm. Now, before modern mechanization, the size of a farm was generally measured in horses. Anything above a 2 …