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Grocery stores and gas pumps are important inflation indicators.  While inflationary concerns have been persistent in recent years, the back and forth regarding tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as the tariffs on Chinese goods, have prompted additional concerns about prices.   ...

Manoj Shukla has been named the new leader of Oregon State University’s crop and soil science department.  He starts his new position on December 1st.  Shukla comes to Corvallis from New Mexico State University, where he was recently a professor.   “I strongly beli...

A recent study by the University of Illinois determined farmland continues to disappear across the U.S.  The study from Farmdoc said land in farms declined in each region of the country and was led by pastureland.  The decline in pastureland was likely facilitated by a growth in livestock confinement operations.  Planted cropland ...

In response to relatively stronger net farm incomes, U.S. farm sector capital expenditures have increased dramatically in the last three years, according to research by the University of Illinois.  In 2019, farm sector capital expenditures were approximately $30.1 billion...

A new University of Illinois study explores potential policy solutions to reduce nitrogen loss while still protecting farmers’ bottom lines. Federal and state governments have shied away from regulating nitrogen fertilizer use, but voluntary and incentives-based programs have not been particularly successful, according to the researchers. U ...

The war in Ukraine is expected to expand wheat production in Argentina and Brazil, the primary wheat-producing nations in South America. Agriculture and consumer economics experts from the University of Illinois say both nations will likely already increase wheat planting this season, which begins in May ...

Cover crops aren’t just for your fields anymore, they are beneficial to your garden, too. The University of Illinois Extension said using cover crops in the home garden has many benefits, including soil structure, drawing nutrients up from deep in the soil, and increasing soil fertility. Cove ...

A Successful Farming article says there may be trouble ahead for the upcoming Farm Bill in D.C. A former USDA official says the 2023 legislation could be in trouble if the political turbulence surrounding the last two farm bills keeps going into next year ...

Last week, farm experts from across the country told House Ag lawmakers that crop insurance and other farm safety net programs are working, but the pandemic has shown that some fixes are needed. Farmers needed more than crop insurance and for ARC and PLC to survive the pandemic as well as the trade wars, programs like CFAP, WHIP+ and MFP payments were all needed ...

May has come and gone, but that does not mean the issue of mental health is done for another year. The Farming community used last month, National Mental Health Awareness Month, to highlight the growing challenges of mental health struggles in the farming community ...