2024 Hard Winter Wheat Tour Recap
Friday, May 17, 2024 5:12PM CDT
Overall, after scouting 449 fields across Kansas this week -- and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma -- the total weighted average yield for the 2024 hard winter wheat tour was estimated at 46.5 bushels per acre, a 55% increase from 2023 and the fourth-best predicted average in the past decade.
Manage Effects of Solar Storms
Friday, May 17, 2024 3:16PM CDT
The GPS-battering solar storm that interrupted planting 2024 last weekend may soon return. But if farmers watch for alerts, there are things they can do to manage its impact.
House Farm Bill Text Details
Friday, May 17, 2024 2:42PM CDT
The House Republican farm bill raises reference prices more, allows all producers to obtain new base acres and makes other, bigger improvements to the farm safety net than the Senate framework that has been released. The House will push to markup the bill in committee next week. The 942-page bill outlines programs and authorities at USDA for roughly $1.4 trillion in spending over the next decade.
US Trade Body Investigates 2,4-D Claim
Friday, May 17, 2024 1:10PM CDT
The U.S. International Trade Commission voted on Friday to continue investigating whether 2,4-D producers in China and India have been dumping the chemical on the U.S. market after Corteva Agribusiness LLC filed a petition in March.
