Michigan Ag Today
Organic Corn and Soybean Farmers Face Sharp Production Declines
Spring weather has taken a toll on U.S. organic commodity producers, shown by a significant drop in overall corn and soybean production for 2019,...
U.S.-China Trade Negotiators Agree to Partial Deal
On Friday afternoon, it was announced that the U.S. and China had reached a partial agreement in the trade war between the two countries....
October Crop Production Drops Corn, Soybean Forecast
Corn Production Down Less Than 1 Percent from September Forecast
Soybean Production Down 2 Percent
Cotton Production Down 1 Percent
Orange Production Virtually Unchanged from Last Season
Corn...
Online Registration Open for AFBF’s 2020 Annual Convention
Online registration is open for the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 101st Annual Convention & Trade Show, Jan. 17-22, 2020, in Austin, Texas. Attendees will learn...
Ag Groups Urge USDA to Establish Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank
Representatives of the National Pork Producers Council, the National Milk Producers Federation, the National Corn Growers Association and Iowa State University today called on...
USDA Drops Corn Stocks, Increases Soybeans
Old crop corn stocks in all positions on September 1, 2019 totaled 2.11 billion bushels, down 1 percent from September 1, 2018. Of the total...
Harvest Forecast: Wet Weather To Dampen Michigan
Plentiful (some would even say excessive”) moisture coming across Michigan over the coming week to 10 days. Harvest will clearly have some challenges to...
Trump Touts “Progress” on Biofuels Deal
President Donald Trump says his administration has made progress on a biofuel reform package after meeting with key farm-state senators late last week.
The meetings...
USDA Lowers Corn and Soybean Production Estimates
The monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand report released by the Department of Agriculture lowered corn and soybean production.
Markets responded closing six to seven...
USDA: $3B in Resources Available for Farmers Hurt by 2018, 2019...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that agricultural producers affected by natural disasters in 2018 and 2019, including Hurricane Dorian, can apply...
