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- James Mintert and Joana Colussi Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture
Farmer sentiment worsened in April as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index declined from 127 in March to 121. The Current Conditions Index decreased by 11 points, while the Future Expectations Index decreased by 4 points. This month’s Future Expectations Index was 16 po…
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- John Sumwalt For Agri-View
“And then two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.” – Luke 24:13
- Marianne Stein University of Illinois
Conservation tillage practices, such as no-till and reduced till, are critical for sustainable agriculture, and they are gradually becoming popular with farmers across the Midwest. Monitoring tillage usage can provide insights into soil health, water levels and nutrient loss, as well as guid…
- Sheila Babbitt Michigan State University
Michigan State University researchers have uncovered new insights into what drives Colorado potato beetle populations by analyzing 16 years of data. The team found that although heat is still the best predictor of when beetles appear and how abundant they become, other environmental factors …
- Jan Suszkiw USDA
Just like the weeds they target, herbicides are also sensitive to the weather -- before, during and after application. Now, with the aid of computer modeling and one of the largest databases yet, a team of scientists is working to refine the outlook for herbicide use in corn and soybean crop…
- Staff at University of Minnesota
Throughout Minnesota's forests, the invasive shrub common buckthorn poses serious threats to forest health and ecosystem function. That fast-spreading invader crowds out native plants and can quickly take over woodland spaces, making it a top target for land managers and restoration crews ac…
- Chuck Anderas Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
MADISON, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service for Wisconsin recently hosted a State Technical Committee meeting in Madison. The purpose of the committee is to provide guidance to USDA about how it’s implementing its conservation programs. State Tec…
- M. Charles Gould Michigan State University
Growing vegetables inside a utility-scale solar farm may sound unconventional, but new research from Iowa State University suggests it is both feasible and commercially realistic.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
United Kingdom supermarket giant Tesco has opened a new processing plant to convert waste food into valuable animal feed, in a move to increase its supply chain circular production. Operated by food-waste partner RenEco, the new plant is located within the Chelveston Renewable Energy Park an…
- Dave Roepke Iowa State University
Imagine buying a dozen eggs at a grocery store, but when you get home and open the carton, there’s only a half dozen inside because you weren’t buying a dozen eggs. You were buying approximately 12 eggs, plus or minus six.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
The United States remained in second place in 2025 in terms of production of animal feed in the world. However its overall production decreased by 0.8 percent compared to the previous year.
- Ellie Kluetzman For Agri-View
It has been a very busy couple of weeks here in southern Wisconsin. All the cropland needed to be worked and each field has its own needs. Disc-ing, digging and then culti-mulching for some; others just need the digger and the smoothing of the culti-mulcher.
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
As old-fashioned wall calendars flipped pages to May and digital calendars rearranged electrons to follow suit, most folks along Wisconsin’s Lake Superior shore were ready to relieve winter fug by throwing open windows to let in fresh air. And while there were some delightful sunny days, tem…
- UW-Wisconsin State Climatology Office
May 4 saw significant dust squalls across the Midwest. Indiana was hit with dust blowing from Illinois fields. Fences and utility lines came down in north-central and central Illinois. Eastern Iowa saw pseudo-tornadoes made of topsoil swirling across roads. Several highways were closed. Dust…
- Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has selected 15 members for the next Wisconsin Agriculture Youth Council. The members, all from Wisconsin, will attend monthly virtual sessions from September 2026 to May 2027 during their senior year of high school.
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It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
Agri-View offers a schedule of events of special interest to our readers. Some events and activities might require advance registration. Email agriview@madison.com with calendar submissions.
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
Dad was a farmer through and through, even as a kid. From my experience as a teacher, most farm kids would rather be outside helping on the farm than sitting at a desk in a classroom. Dad was no different. He told me how the neighbor lady came to the house one day and asked his mom if “Tommy…
- Amy Sullivan GROW
Row crop farmers might someday have more than one way to shock their weeds into submission.
- Julie_Belschner
SAN ANTONIO – Marion Calmer often shares the stage with Fred Below, University of Illinois crop expert, through the years at Commodity Classic; the two long-time friends talk crops research. Calmer's been farming for 50 years and doing on-farm research for 40 years. He’s been no-tilling for …
