The associate director for CALS Global at Virginia Tech University says ag productivity isn’t on track to meet rising global demand. Jessica Agnew says results from the 2024 Global Agricultural Productivity report shows growth falling below 1% per year. “Total factor productivity growth, which really measures the efficiency by which we’re producing our agricultural output,…… Continue Reading

Cash dairy prices were lower except for nonfat dry milk Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey prices were down $0.0050 at $0.6250.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $0.6250 to $0.63.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.01 at $1.71.  One sale was recorded at that price.  Cheese barrels were down $0.08 at $1.6875.  Two sales were…… Continue Reading

Pictured: Adam Herges with The Mosaic Company at the 2024 Borlaug International Dialogue (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) A sustainability agronomist with The Mosaic Company says their Southeastern operations withstood the conditions from Hurricanes Helene and Milton with few challenges. Adam Herges says their Riverview site has operated in Tampa Bay for the last century. “What…… Continue Reading

A central Iowa farmer says his 2024 harvest wrapped up at the end of October and some of his crop was below expectations. Tim Bardole raises soybeans, corn, and hogs near Rippey in Greene County. “If we would have been able to harvest our corn and soybeans at the right moisture, it probably would have…… Continue Reading