Scouts on Day 2 of the Wheat Quality Council's 2025 Hard Winter Wheat Tour
found improved field conditions, estimating a weighted average yield of 53.3
bpa for wheat in southwest and south-central Kansas.
BHard Winter Wheat Tour Day 2 Results
Caleb Ragland, a Kentucky farmer, represented agriculture's take on
critical supply chains during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance
Committee. He pointed out the stresses facing farmers with commodity prices and
expressed concerns about another prolonged trade war with China.
BASA Calls for Greater Ag Market Access
The STOP Screwworms Act aims to fund a U.S. sterile fly facility to combat
New World screwworm as the pest gets closer to the U.S. border. The current
Panama facility struggles to produce enough sterile flies needed to prevent the
pest's northward spread.
BTX Lawmakers Propose Bill to Fight NWS
State lawmakers and agriculture groups have joined the fight to stem a
tide of product-liability lawsuits against Bayer's glyphosate-based Roundup
weed killer.
BBayer Intensifies Roundup Legal Fight
As a higher-than-average number of wildfires are already being seen in the
U.S. and the Canadian Prairies, landowners should take steps now to reduce the
risk for wildfires on their property. University of Missouri Extension gives
tips that include slowing the spread of fire by reducing or removing vegetation
and other potential fuels near buildings.
1^Protect Homes, Buildings From Wildfires
