Today's Top Stories

Ohio to Cap Total Daily Phosphorus Load Into Lake Erie

To improve the health of the lake, the agreement calls for a 40% reduction in spring loads of phosphorus from the Maumee River to 860 metric tons per year.

Trump to Pare Biofuel Waivers for Refineries on Court Ruling

The decision in response to a January court ruling represents a win for biofuel producers who have battled the exemptions and accused the Trump administration of siding with the oil industry on the issue.

Farm Numbers Show the Smallest Drop in Recent History

The U.S. saw a loss of 5,800 farms in 2019 versus 2018, per USDA. But, that’s the smallest decline in recent years.

Foreign Animal Disease Poses Growing Threat to U.S. Agriculture

Although awareness and planning to improve response to infectious disease outbreaks has increased, experts said gaps remain.

Iowa Farmer Uses Cheese Shop to Connect with Presidential Candidates

In downtown Muskoka, Iowa, there’s a little lunch spot called Moore Family Farms. It’s there that Senator Elizabeth Warren’s campaign spent some time during the Iowa Caucasus. The shop is owned by Heather and Brandon Moore, local dairy farmers with a unique story. Brandon’s dad happens to be a former Republican Representative for Iowa.

A Rarity During Calving Season

A cow is apparently one in million. Details in today's AgDay Minute.

Crop Comments
Walsh County, ND

Have been doing 2020 projections for the coming year, and it's hard to be positive with these prices and current crop conditions going into spring. We had lots of unharvested crops here and, as a matter fact, all over the state this past year. We froze up very wet. I did projection based on current market prices and recent crop yields have grown past several years and at best shows small cash profit--just enough to service debt with small decrease in working capital. I then did projection based on preventive planting and, if they are correct, we would have Whip disaster with that 2020 year also to supplement my preventive planting. I would show more than double cash profit over growing a crop and it could even be more than that.