Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Emergency Commodity Assistance Program

What It Is USDA’s Farm Service Agency is issuing up to $10 billion in direct payments to eligible agricultural producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). These one-time economic assistance payments will...

A Win For Corn Producers

While all of the agriculture industry waits to see who the Trump administration will get confirmed in the major positions and how trade will be approached, in late December, the United States scored a decisive victory in its dispute...

Product News

Nutrien Ag Solutions Introduces N-FINITY New N-FINITY technology gives growers flexibility when making on-farm nitrogen management decisions. Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc. announces the launch of N-FINITY, an innovative nitrogen-management solution that combines three modes of action and aims to increase the...

Estimating Nutrient Needs By Drone

The ability to detect crop nutrient deficiencies and promptly modify fertilizer applications to address them is invaluable to agricultural producers — especially growers operating under slim profit margins. Identifying how much of a particular nutrient to add is a...

Tight Margins Continue In 2025

Editor’s Note: Each year, University of Georgia  agricultural economists develop a comprehensive overview of various sectors of the agriculture industry. The following is an excerpt from the section on corn, soybeans and wheat. Last year’s harvest saw bountiful production of...

Salute to Service: Mahindra’s Military Giveaway is Here

Mahindra Launches 11th Annual Military Salute Giveaway to Thank Our Military Mahindra Ag North America (MAgNA) announced the return of an exciting tradition: the annual Mahindra Military Salute Giveaway. This year’s giveaway features a Mahindra 1120 tractor with a loader and...

LeadAR Leadership Program Accepting Applications

⋅ BY REBEKAH HALL ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture LeadAR, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s leadership program, is accepting applications for its next class of leaders. The in-depth learning experience covers economic and social issues...

LATMC Conference Registration Open

The Louisiana Agricultural Technology & Management Conference sponsored by the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association will be held Feb. 12-14, 2025, at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana. In addition to the general sessions where presentations such as the Endangered Species...

Farmers’ Economic Perspective

Numbers tell a story but maybe not the whole story. In July and August 2024, Auburn University’s Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology held 11 focus groups in Alabama with 115 farmers, agribusiness owners,  employees, processors, manufacturers and...

NEW PRODUCT: New Pricing for Pivot Bio Microbial Nitrogen

Farmers using Pivot Bio’s Proven 40 microbial nitrogen are realizing significant plant health benefits and stronger return on investment despite early season weather challenges. As part of their ongoing support for farmers facing tough economics, the company announced a...

Corn Leafhopper Re-emerging, Yield Loss A Concern

Corn leafhoppers have re-emerged in some Texas regions and other states, threatening both yields and grain quality. David Kerns, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service statewide integrated pest management coordinator and associate department head for the Department of Entomology, says corn...

New Short Corn Not ‘As High As An Elephant’s Eye’

The line from the classic musical “Oklahoma” that refers to corn being “as high as an elephant’s eye” would not apply to some new hybrids. Reduced-stature corn, also referred to as “short” corn, is a concept researchers at Auburn...

Price And Yield Protection Offered By Enhanced Crop Insurance

Producers can track their price risk protection through revenue insurance in a given growing season by comparing the harvest price (fall) to the projected price (spring) determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency. In the broader...

Reasons To Hang In There

Let me cut to the chase. Things will get better. At least that is the word from Texas A&M University’s Agricultural and Food Policy economists Joe Outlaw and Bart Fischer, on efforts to try and stay positive while waiting...

2025 Corn Hybrids

Corn South presents a partial listing of corn hybrids suited for the Southern growing region. For a more complete listing, contact your seed representative. Pioneer P1511YHR • Mid-season Optimum Intrasect leader option with above-average ear flex offering yield stability on moderate...

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