Jesse Allen

A new report says banks could be more hesitant to lend to the farm sector just as the agricultural industry is expected to enter a major credit crunch. Rabobank says that could disproportionately hurt smaller producers in the process.

(SOUTH DAKOTA)– On Tuesday, Summit Carbon Solutions announced that it has submitted it’s permit application to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for the company’s proposed carbon pipeline route in the state.

The incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the poultry sector’s slaughter and processing workforce has fallen sharply.

The White House is asking for $98.6 billion in emergency disaster relief funding following multiple hurricanes this fall.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) — As the clock ticks on the post-election, lame duck session of Congress, indications from Capitol Hill are that we will see another one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill.

A new seed hybrid has the potential to increase yields by 10% and represents one of the first major innovations for the crop in decades. This week Corteva unveiled a drought-resistant wheat seed that could be “revolutionary” in advancing more climate-resilient hybrids for a crop that’s been difficult to innovate.

Companies looking to avoid tariffs on imports from China will likely shake up their sourcing. Facing the threat of more tariffs, companies will begin to create supply chains just to export to America. Creating a separate supply chain for the U.S. market would mean eliminating components from China for products bound for the country.

To minimize damage and reduce the need for insecticide sprays, crops have been genetically engineered to produce bacterial proteins that kill key pests but are not harmful to people or wildlife. However, widespread planting of such transgenic crops has led to rapid adaptation by some pests.

The EPA is facing renewed pressure to deny applications re-registering a controversial weedkiller from three of the biggest crop protection companies.

(St. Paul, MN) — A meat packing company is recalling thousands of pounds of ground beef linked to an E. coli outbreak in Minnesota. The USDA has ordered Wolverine Packing Company to recall 167-thousand pounds of ground beef that was produced in October. The meat was served by at least two restaurants in the Twin Cities area and has now been linked to 17 E. coli cases. Two of those people had to be hospitalized due to the illness.