Additional showers and thunderstorms in Oklahoma and environs could aggravate flooding in areas already experiencing elevated river levels.  However, dry weather will briefly return across the southern Plains by week’s end, as showers and thunderstorms shift farther to the south and east.  The new focus for heavy rain may become the eastern U.S., starting during…… Continue Reading

Sunflower growers in South Dakota can use Malathion to control red sunflower weevils this year. Tom Gere with the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources says the U.S. EPA has granted a special 24c label for the state. “Malathion used to be labeled for sunflowers a number of years ago and there’s still…… Continue Reading

Michigan lawmakers have approved funding increases that could offset federal funding cuts at the USDA. State Senator Sam Singh says conservation districts need to be supported. “The cuts that we’re seeing at the federal level from USDA that will no longer be coming down to our conservation districts, I think is unfortunate that that kind…… Continue Reading

A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says re-introduced bi-partisan legislation would offer a solution to farmland access for beginning farmers. Illinois Democrat Nikki Budzinski says the New Producer Economic Security Act authorizes a new pilot program through the USDA. “That’s one of the bigger obstacles we know for folks trying to get into…… Continue Reading