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    September 29, 2017
    File photo of Scott Pruitt testifying at his Senate confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 18, 2017. (Gabriella Demczuk/ copyright 2017 The New York Times)
    Trump told Iowa he'd save ethanol. His EPA chief has other ideas
    As he sought votes during last year's Iowa caucuses, candidate Donald Trump courted farmers with praise for ethanol and promises that he would...
    newsSeptember 29, 2017 - 7:06am
    September 26, 2017
    Monsanto's research farm is pictured near Carman, Manitoba, Canada on August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Zachary Prong/File Photo
    U.S. scientists to skip Monsanto summit on controversial weed killer
    CHICAGO - Monsanto Co invited dozens of weed scientists to a summit this week to win backing for a controversial herbicide but many have declined,...
    newsSeptember 26, 2017 - 7:32pm
    September 11, 2017
    Wanda Patsche of Welcome, Minn., operates combine during harvest in the fall. (Submitted photo)
    5 questions with ... Wanda Patsche, Welcome, Minn., pig, corn and soybean farmer
    Q: How has agriculture shaped your life?
    newsSeptember 11, 2017 - 9:07am
    September 7, 2017
    Monsanto seeks to end Arkansas ban on herbicide linked to crop damage
    CHICAGO - Monsanto Co pushed Arkansas on Thursday to allow farmers to spray crops with the company's dicamba herbicide, linked to damage on plants...
    newsSeptember 7, 2017 - 3:56pm
    September 5, 2017
    John Weiss looks over his crop of soybeans, which he had reported to the state board for showing signs of damage due to the drifting of Monsanto's pesticide Dicamba, at his farm in Dell, Arkansas, U.S. July 25, 2017. Picture taken July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht/File Photo
    EPA eyes limits for agricultural chemical dicamba linked to crop damage
    The U.S. environmental agency is considering banning sprayings of the agricultural herbicide dicamba after a set deadline next year, according...
    newsSeptember 5, 2017 - 2:02pm
    August 31, 2017
    File photo of a tractor in the field on the Ron Mattson farm northeast of Hawley. Dave Wallis / The Forum
    First farm-income gain in four years signals hope of bottom
    U.S. farmer net income is forecast to rise this year for the first time since 2013, suggesting a bottom to an agriculture slump that left profit...
    newsAugust 31, 2017 - 11:45am
    August 29, 2017
    Pigweed, a highly competitive plant that grows in cotton and soybean fields and has developed resistance to some pesticides, grows tall over soybean fields weakened by nearby dicamba use. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Andrea Morales
    This miracle weed killer was supposed to save farms; instead, it's devastating them
    BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. - Clay Mayes slams on the brakes of his Chevy Silverado and jumps out with the engine running, yelling at a dogwood by the...
    newsAugust 29, 2017 - 6:15pm
    August 21, 2017
    A farmhand loads genetically modified corn seed into a planter on Bo Stone’s farm in Rowland, N.C., April 20, 2016. Genetically modified seeds have not reduced pesticide use or produced better gains in yield than in Western Europe, where such seeds are banned. Stone uses GM seeds but says he’s choosing based on other characteristics as well. “No GM trait for us is a silver bullet,” Stone said. (Jeremy M. Lange/The New York Times)
    U.S. farmers confused by Monsanto weed killer's complex instructions
    CHICAGO - With Monsanto Co's latest flagship weed killer, dicamba, banned in Arkansas and under review by U.S. regulators over concerns it can...
    newsAugust 21, 2017 - 2:48pm
    August 12, 2017
    Leah Johnson, millennial farmer and seed salesperson, Elbow Lake, Minn. Submitted photo.
    5 questions with ... Leah Johnson, farmer and seed salesperson, Elbow Lake, Minn.
    Q: How has agriculture shaped your life into the role you work in today? Being the youngest by a decade in my family, my parents brought me everywhere...
    August 12, 2017 - 7:11am
    August 8, 2017
    Wrapping hay and silage in plastic is generating millions of pounds of waste per year. (Dreamstime)
    Farmers in Minnesota and Wisconsin are now recycling millions of pounds of plastic
    MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota and Wisconsin farms generate 60 million to 80 million pounds of plastic each year but until now had no real options to...
    newsAugust 8, 2017 - 3:12pm
    August 2, 2017
    Chikao Umezawa, head of JA Kisarazu-shi, shows Super Monster Wolf in Kisarazu, Japan. Japan News photo
    Robot wolf helps scare wildlife away from farmers' crops
    KISARAZU, Japan - A wolf-like robot to drive away wild animals that cause damage to agriculture has been introduced on a trial basis in Kisarazu...
    newsAugust 2, 2017 - 1:26pm
    July 31, 2017
    Erica Sawatzke's great grandmother, is shown with turkeys in about 1940. Photo courtesy Oakdale Farms, Inc., Kensington, Minn.
    Returning home, a Minnesota farmer becomes a 6th generation for the birds
    KENSINGTON, Minn. — Erica Sawatzke is joining a tradition of turkey production that dates back to the Civil War, with lots of female and...
    newsJuly 31, 2017 - 8:30am
    July 29, 2017
    Stacy Hadrick, agriculture advocate and rancher, Faulkton, S.D. (Submitted photo)
    5 questions with ... Stacy Hadrick, agriculture advocate and rancher, Faulkton, S.D.
    Q: What is your role in agriculture today? My passion is helping people in agriculture build their businesses and develop personally. Currently...
    July 29, 2017 - 5:59am
    July 24, 2017
    Andrew Barsness speaks with Agweek reporter Jonathan Knutson on his Hoffman, Minn. farm on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Nick Nelson/Agweek
    The happenstance farmer: Young Minnesota producer in unexpected career
    HOFFMAN, Minn. — Many farmers say their career is what they always wanted, what they always planned on. Not Andrew Barsness. But the happenstance...
    newsJuly 24, 2017 - 11:42am
    July 13, 2017
    A truck is loaded with corn next to a pile of soybeans at Matawan Grain & Feed elevator near New Richland, Minnesota, U.S. on October 14, 2015. REUTERS/Karl Plume/File Photo
    China signs second-largest deal for U.S. soybeans
    A delegation of commodity importers from China, the world's top soybean buyer, signed agreements on Thursday to buy 12.53 million tonnes of the...
    newsJuly 13, 2017 - 2:54pm
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