CropsMontana State wheat varieties top the state's 2026 variety survey
The NASS wheat and barley variety survey shows MSU's solid-stem Dagmar and Bobcat leading Montana spring and winter wheat, while barley area rose by 100,000 acres.
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Market ManagementNebraska closes unpaid-grain case against The Andersons with a $5,000 fine
Nebraska's Public Service Commission dismissed a complaint that The Andersons failed to pay a producer for 17 grain loads, after the company settled and agreed to a fine, letting it keep its grain dealer licence.
LivestockAppeals court rules Idaho's stockwater forfeiture law discriminates against federal government
The 9th Circuit has found that Idaho's 2017 water-rights forfeiture process unconstitutionally targets federal stockwater rights on grazing allotments leased to ranchers.
AgrotechVylor's non-GMO hybrid wheat to launch in North America in late 2027, Corteva says
The Xpedite system raised yield potential by 10% in trials and up to 20% in water-stressed conditions; Hard Red Winter comes first, Soft Red Winter in 2029 and Hard Red Spring in 2030.
EnvironmentWhen and how deep you sample can change a soil health score, Arkansas study finds
University of Arkansas scientists found that soil health indicators shift markedly with the season and depth of sampling, and urge farmers to keep their sampling consistent.
LivestockResearchers test whether a human drug, nitisinone, can kill screwworm larvae
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and the University of Notre Dame are putting $140,389 into a rapid study of an FDA-approved drug as a new weapon against New World screwworm.
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Ohio State tests which rural wireless networks suit which farm technologies
Ohio State University and Emergent Connext have wired the Molly Caren Agricultural Center to test wide-area LoRaWAN against faster short-range networks for connected farm equipment.
EnvironmentGeorgia truck bypass plan pits family farms against a growing town
Farm families in Oconee County, Georgia, are fighting four proposed routes for a Watkinsville truck bypass that would cut through pasture, ponds and generational farmland.
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Detroit airport inspectors make first US interception of the straw crest moth
A detector dog led US Customs and Border Protection to corn and seeds in luggage from Ghana carrying a non-native moth never before intercepted at a US port of entry.
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Lilac Agriculture raises $2.3m to open up the inoculant black box
A North Dakota start-up has raised $2.3 million to breed rhizobial inoculants that can outcompete native soil bacteria on pulse crops.
CropsGE corn, soybean and cotton gave US farms steadier yields as climate warmed, study finds
A Texas A&M and UC Berkeley study of four decades of county data finds genetically engineered crop adoption raised yields, cut volatility and slowed the northward drift of US cropping.
LivestockVirginia declares a drought emergency as cattle farmers run 500,000 tons short of hay
Virginia's governor has eased hay-hauling limits and USDA fast-tracked disaster status for four Florida counties as drought tightens feed supplies across the US Southeast.
LivestockRising feed costs could trigger dairy margin payments this autumn, adviser says
A Land O'Lakes adviser expects Dairy Margin Coverage payouts from September to November as feed costs squeeze milk margins, and urges farmers to layer protection tools on known breakevens.