The top five AGDAILY stories of the week … did you follow the action? This week the Farm Babe examines corn versus grass fed beef, we get into the dicamba debate, and a woman writes a beautiful anthem in response to a dairy closing. Don’t miss a moment at AGDAILY. Sign up and push your […]

To help plants better fend off insect pests, researchers are arming them with silicon. The University of Delaware’s Ivan Hiltpold and researchers from the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University in Australia are examining the addition of silicon to the soil to see if it will help strengthen plants against potential predators. […]

The pig-to-person spread of the flu at fairs continues to be a concern — just this week a child in North Dakota and a child in Ohio contracted influenza from pig exhibits at the fair. However, a new study shows protective measures, including cutting the length of time pigs and people congregate, makes good sense […]

Tropical Storm Harvey’s path seems to be headed to the Caribbean or the Yucatan Peninsula while the second wave may be the one to watch which is being tracked to make landfall on Florida or could change course and cruise into the Gulf of Mexico. These events are expected to happen in the next 4 […]

U.S. rice will have more market access to the fourth largest country in South America now after a new agreement with the government of Colombia. A previous agreement in 2012 between both countries enabled exports of U.S. paddy rice to Colombia, but under strict and costly requirements related to phytosanitary concerns. The new agreement lifts […]

Our thoughts go out to this Michigan community after a 19-year-old Amish teen was electrocuted in a fatal farm accident. According to the Clare County Review, Alvin James Yoder was trying clear a 20-foot high grain tank on his farm with a metal pipe when he touched a 5,000 volt power line above. He died […]

We kickoff this morning with Export Sales and Initial Jobless Claims at 7:30 A.M. followed with Capacity Utilization, Industrial Production at 8:15 A.M. and EIA Gas Storage at 9:30 A.M. The Grains are trading higher in the overnight electronic session. The complex is getting a bounce after being heavily sold in prior trading sessions. Another […]

NAFTA re-negotiations should aim to modernize the agreement, rather than dismantle it. That was the message the American Farm Bureau Federation, The Canadian Federation of Agriculture and Mexico’s Consejo Nacional Agropecuario sent to Canadian, United States and Mexican government officials this week. The AFBF, CFA, and CNA agree that agriculture represents one of NAFTA’s biggest […]

Monsanto and ToolGen, a biotechnology company specializing in genome editing, have reached a global licensing agreement for the use of ToolGen’s CRISPR technology platform to develop agricultural products. ToolGen is an early pioneer in gene editing research. The license provides Monsanto with access to ToolGen’s comprehensive suite of CRISPR intellectual property for use in plants. […]

Syngenta and the AI for Good Foundation have named Tzvi Aviv, Ph.D., of Aviv Innovation and his partner, Vanessa Lundsgaard-Nielsen, Ph.D., of the University of Toronto, as the winners of the Syngenta AI Challenge. The contest recognizes and rewards innovative thinkers who use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve plant breeding by challenging them to […]