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-NCGA ST. LOUIS — With entry for the National Corn Growers Association’s National Corn Yield Contest now open, farmers across the country are joining the friendly competition, giving it their best and hoping to top their personal best. NCYC entrants contribute to a pool of shared knowledge that helps all corn farmers in challenging years. So, plant a new seed of thought, shed some light and have some fun. The premier event of every corn growing season since 1965, the National Corn Yield Con...

Willie Vogt CORN AND CARBON: As farmers look ahead at potential opportunities to take advantage of climate-sensitive opportunities, looking at how practices impact soil health and emissions may bring new opportunities. Discussion surrounding reduction and removal of carbon emissions may bring new opportunities to the farm. As a new administration dawned in 2021 and the conversation around extreme weather changed, talk turned to how farmers could be part of the solution...

March 12, 2021 By David Murray Whatever else happens with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, farmers and agricultural producers are looking forward to another great export year for key American agricultural commodities. Exports of American corn, soybeans, sorghum, cattle and pork are all up, and world demand continues to boom. Most of the grain exports will be carried by barge at some point.  The leaders of major agricultural a...

This year Commodity Classic’s pivoted from a live show—originally scheduled to take place in San Antonio— to a digital online format has created some unique opportunities for the 2021 Special Edition of Commodity Classic. The 2021 Special Edition of Commodity Classic featured more than 50 educational sessions that will be delivered digitally direct to farmers across the nation and around the world March 2-5, 2021.  

By Matt ReeseAs has been the tradition, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture addressed attendees of the Commodity Classic, this time on a virtual platform. Newly confirmed in the role, Tom Vilsack outlined some of the top priorities for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the coming months and years. First on the list was the ongoing response to COVID-19.“As difficult as it has been for those who work at USDA, it has been incredibly difficult for those we serve at USDA.

It was a week of optimism at Commodity Classic as higher prices have marketers excited about the prospects of the 2021 crop.

Compiled by Candace Krebs Celebrate “Meat-In Day” on March 20 Cities, counties, community organizations, restaurants, grocers and other businesses plan to fire up their grills, hold barbecues and celebrate the meat industry on March 20 in response to a proclamation by Colorado Governor Jared Polis declaring it “Meat Out Day.” The language in the proclamation, which is backed by a group called Farm Animal Rights Movement, claims a plant-based diet can “protect the environment by reduci...

-The Hagstrom Report Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that work on climate-smart agricultural policies should take place in the next two years so that Congress has experiences from which to learn before writing the 2023 farm bill. In a speech made online to the Commodity Classic, the annual gathering of corn, soybean wheat and sorghum growers, Vilsack said that current conservation programs should be refocused on climate-smart agriculture and also said that a carbon bank that benefits far...

4 stories from Farm Futures this week that you may want to read again or for the first time.