This week Paul Neiffer has a conversation with Ken McCauley from White Cloud, Kan. McCauley now officially considers himself a part-time employee on his family’s 4,500-acre row crop farm. His son, Brad, has taken over the operation.
Farmers, how are you filling jobs around the farm? Farm employees, what’s the job market look like from your point of view? Sound off in this quick, three-question survey.
Analysts believe the disruption may impact spot market pricing for much of the week. Major food service and retail buyers are scrambling to find fill in supply in order to run production.
Diflufenican: New AI for Corn and Soybean Growers Targets Pigweed, Waterhemp
The molecule will give farmers a new tool in the ongoing battle to control these two broadleaf weeds, especially those populations with resistance to commonly used chemistries.
NCBA Warns Listing Lesser Prairie-Chicken as Endangered Could Harm Conservation Partnerships
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the Lesser Prairie-Chicken under the Endangered Species Act. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the Public Lands Council say there has been a decades-long public-private conservation partnership and the move would disincentive future public-private conservation partnerships.
Need a little inspiration? From facing an F-5 tornado to battling cancer and beyond, these producers share stories of how they’ve overcome big challenges with grit and grace.
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