production ag

Artificial intelligence is making its way into U.S. agriculture. Doug Johnson of Johnson Ag Outlook takes a look at how AI fits into production agriculture.   “What I'm talking about here is we have to be careful on what we expect out of it," Johnson stressed.  "Right n...

Midwest farmer Richard Fordyce is heading back to Washington, D.C., as the newly appointed Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation.  He served in the first Trump administration as the Farm Service Agency Administrator.  Fordyce said he super excited and incredibly humbled in having this opportunity to go back to Washington, going back to USDA, to work on behalf of America's farmers and

With a new year, many in farm country are going over the books, looking for places to save, what equipment needs to be purchased, and what needs to happen to make the year ahead the best possible.  Joel Packham is encouraging farmers to include Farm and Ranch Succession Planning to that list.  In an e...

The share of acreage for major cash crops—wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton—that are planted using conservation tillage has increased over the past two decades in the United States.  According to ERS, farmers reported employing conservation tillage on the majority of acres of wheat at 68%, 76% of corn acres, and 74% of soybeans.  Conservation tillag...

In most so called normal years when commodity prices are very high, farmers tend to plant more acres to take advantage of those prices and generally that tends to boost the total planed acres for the 22 principal crops, but not this year.  Ac...

USDA’s Economic Research Service updated farm sector profit projections Wednesday, which are expected to increase in 2021. ERS forecasts inflation-adjusted net cash farm income, which is gross cash income minus cash expenses, to increase $12.6 bil ...

The latest USDA prices index for October shows what many in the farming community already know; crop and livestock prices while still roughly 20% higher than a year ago are moderating. According to Gary Crawford, prices, in some cases dropped by 2% for crops and about 1% for livestock in October ...

Some experts say to feed the world's population by 2050, the farming community will need to boost production by 60%; and that includes livestock production. Washington State University Livestock Scientist, Dr. Jon Oatley said on the animal side it's not only production that's going to count ...

It was an effort launched last September at the United Nations Food Systems Summit. "The sustainable productivity growth in food security and resource conservation coalition; the SPG Coalition," Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh noted during a recent World Food Price virtual briefing ...

This week, 44 FFA members have gather in Indianapolis to discuss how agriculture will play a pivotal role in their future. It’s all part of the New Century Farmer conference, an opportunity for FFA members who plan to remain in production agriculture to work on their secession plans for success. Dur ...