Category Archives: Top Agriculture News

Older Adults Leave Billions on the Table
Older adults sometimes leave billions of dollars in government assistance on the table each year and don't realize it. It's money that could help cover utilities, rent, health care, and prescription d...
Curtis Media Oct 14, 2025

Talking Ethanol Profitability With K-State Agronomist
Profitability in the ethanol segment is there, thanks to a slight rise in the profit margins in the third quarter through the first half of September. Dan O'Brien, an agricultural economist with Kansa...
Curtis Media Oct 14, 2025

Understanding the Dairy Markets Can Be Challenging
U.S. dairy markets can be a challenge to completely understand. Mick Homb, the general manager for the Farm First Dairy Cooperative in Wisconsin, said even he's not sure why the milk markets are doing...
Curtis Media Oct 14, 2025

Technological Advances Not Slowing Down in Agriculture
We are seeing today's technological advancements everywhere, even in agriculture where AI and automation are becoming increasingly common.Keith Veselka, CEO and Co-founder of NWFM, Northwest Farm Mana...
Curtis Media Oct 14, 2025

Brooks Schaffer Market Report for Tuesday, Oct. 14th
This is the SFN Market Report with Brooks Schaffer of Palmetto Grain. Reach him at brooks@palmettograin.com or 843-540-4540.It looked like it was going to be a quiet week last week until China release...
Curtis Media Oct 13, 2025

Good News for Farmers on the Cost of Labor
Ag employers took a big sigh of relief after the Department of Labor revised the methodology for determining the H-2A program's Adverse Effect Wage Rate.Northwest Horticultural Council's Senior Vice P...
Curtis Media Oct 13, 2025

Farmers Must Have a Voice in Upcoming USMCA Review
With the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal facing a 2026 review, ag leaders say farmers must have a strong voice. Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith recently hosted USDA Undersecretary for Trade and F...
Curtis Media Oct 13, 2025

Input Costs Continue To Weigh On the Ag Community
The 2025 growing season was a favorable one for many commodities across states like Idaho; however, the high cost of doing business continues to result in struggles for farmers and growers across the ...
Curtis Media Oct 12, 2025

Public Education and Awareness of NWS Prevention
There is growing awareness of the threat New World screw-worm can pose to our nation’s livestock, particularly beef cattle, as this invasive pest, once decades removed from our country, travels ...
Curtis Media Oct 12, 2025

Ironweed: The resilient perennial transforming North Carolina landscapes
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerWe all want resilient plants for our landscape. Frankly we want something that is cost effective. A plant which fulfills that description and expectation is "Ironwee...
Curtis Media Oct 12, 2025
