FJ Live: Moran Says Livestock Industry has Trump's Attention

Klicken Sie hier, um Agweb.com zu abonnieren

Laden...

4 jahre vor

Html
Text

Enthusiasm About the 2020 Crop is Quickly Escaping Farmers


April 29, 2020 I View in Browser

SPECIAL SECTION:
MACHINERY PETE See (27) 10-30 Year Old 100-150 HP 2WD Tractors For Sale with < 3,000 Hours"
Check out these Field Cultivators on Sale Today!
Must See: 3-5 year old Bobcat Skid Steers right this way!

ADVERTISEMENT

Today's Top Stories

Enthusiasm About the 2020 Crop is Quickly Escaping Farmers

There's an old saying that farmers farm the previous year. And I think there's something to that. In fact, psychologists have a term for this phenomenon: availability bias or the availability heuristic.

ADVERTISEMENT

Most of Corn Belt Could See Normal, Below Normal Precipitation in May

Planting may be progressing nicely for some, while others are being pushed out of the field this week due to rain. Some portions of Illinois even saw more than 5 inches of rain already this week.

The Trends Driving the Produce Industry

How, what, why, when, and where consumers are buying their fresh produce are all points that are covered in this year’s edition of The Packer’s Fresh Trends.

FJ Live: Moran Says Livestock Industry has Trump's Attention

Senator Jerry Moran pressed the president on the devastation growing in the meat packing industry that was overflowing downstream to Kansas farmers and ranchers. President Trump took action Tuesday, designating packing plants as essential businesses and ordering them to stay open.

ADVERTISEMENT

Producers Post Hogs for Sale Online: ‘I Had 500 Calls the First Day'

The pork industry is going through a devastating time that producers haven’t experienced in decades with lower prices and problems transporting hogs. Meat packing plants throughout the country are limiting capacity or shutting down until COVID-19 clears.

Is the Food Supply Chain Actually Breaking?

Tyson Foods bought a full-page advertisement in the New York Times on Sunday. The overriding message by Tyson Foods board chairman John Tyson: "the food supply chain is breaking.”

Beer Sales Soar!

Why are farmers having to dump milk when there's big demand at the grocery store? Some insight, in today's AgDay Minute?

Crop Comments
Tippecanoe, Ind.

Soil is working great! Planting being done. Driest ground has been at this time of year in 10 years. We can actually get in and plant in a timely manner. Just need more heat. One farmer I talked to in Southwest Indiana has nearly all of his corn planted.