By the end of 2019, African swine fever is expected to have eliminated half of China’s pig herd. Analysts estimated the size of the herd at 360 million in late 2018. Recovery may take more than five years.
Read moreNet sales are down for the quarter and the first half of the year, but AGCO’s CEO says the company has raised its earnings outlook to reflect confidence in its margin performance.
Read moreAGROdeviate has acquired the StripCat family of products from Twin Diamond Industries. AGROdeviate is the parent company of Hawkins Ag and W&A Manufacturing.
Read moreThe company has seen a decline in net sales for its quarter and six-month periods. CEO Paul Reitz said “all you have to do is spend a little time driving around the Midwest to see how tough things are for farmers right now.”
Read moreRevenue at Valmont grew, although North American sales dipped. Operating income remained flat.
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A year after an EF-3 tornado ripped through Vermeer, the company says its back and stronger than ever. See how they’re rebuilding.
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Participants in the program will receive on-the-job and technical training and a mentor, and they’ll earn while they learn.
Read moreUnverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc., and Thurston Manufacturing have announced that Unverferth will buy the Blu-Jet product line.
Read moreTop American and Chinese negotiators are set to speak by phone this week in an effort to revive stalled trade talks. Among sore spots: U.S. demands for China to buy more American agricultural and industrial products.
Read moreAs of Sunday, 98 percent of corn has emerged and 8 percent is silking, compared to the five-year average of 22 percent. In soybeans, 96 percent of the soybean crop is planted and 90 percent has emerged.
Read moreThe National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released a trove of stats detailing which congressional districts have the most farms, grow the most soybeans, raise the most cattle, and more. Check out these highlights.
Read moreLessiter Media has added Benjamin Thorpe to its Ag Division editorial team. Thorpe will serve as an associate research editor
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A growing number of U.S. farmers battered by low grain prices and the threat of a prolonged trade war with
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United States Steel Corp. said it will cut production by idling two blast furnaces in response to falling demand for
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With support from this Association, partial scholarships have been awarded to 36 teachers who are seeking certification to help prepare
Read moreSenate Finance Committee Chuck Grassley warned the European Union on Tuesday that insisting on excluding agriculture from any trade deal
Read morePepsiCo Inc. has sued four Indian farmers for cultivating a potato variety that the snack food and drinks maker claims
Read moreThe U.S. EPA said last week that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a carcinogen, contradicting
Read moreIt’s time to stop worrying that robots will take our jobs—and start worrying that they will decide who gets jobs.
Read moreMechanical engineer Nety Park has been promoted to technical product manager at PEER Chain. “We are thrilled to have Nety
Read moreAssembled Products, Inc. has been named an Enterprise Supply Management Supplier of the Year by John Deere. The Urbandale, Iowa,
Read moreThe American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers has contributed this content to Shortliner. Towed Implements —X638 Pintle Hitch Draft standard approved,
Read moreAGCO last week released its earnings report for the quarter ended March 31. The company reported a six-tenths of a
Read moreAt a time when the number of farms nationwide is declining, Alaska is bucking the trend. The state saw a
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Dairy farms in Wisconsin are on the brink of vanishing as they struggle to survive falling prices, overproduction and trade
Read moreWhite House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Friday that the U.S. could reach a trade deal with Japan by the
Read morePresident Donald Trump said Sunday that tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods will increase to 25 percent on Friday,
Read moreChina’s Agriculture Ministry says more than 80 percent of hog farms in China have decided not to replenish herds lost
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Deere & Co. will pay $1 million for violating air quality standards over a roughly 13-year period at its diesel-engine
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Blanchard Equipment, which operates 15 stores in Georgia and South Carolina, has relocated its Clinton, S.C. dealership to a shuttered
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Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley and five other leading Republican senators went to the White House last week to level
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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue last week unveiled a report that put at tens of billions of dollars the economic impact
Read moreAlamo Group reported record net income and record net sales for the quarter ended March 31. Net sales increased by
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The Equipment Dealers Association (EDA) has released its 2019 Dealer-Manufacturer Relations Survey Report, an annual endeavor that provides agriculture and
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USDA reported this week that farmers throughout the Corn Belt are severely behind the five-year average when it comes to planting
Read moreIn Iowa this week, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders shared policy ideas he believes to be answers to a slumping farm
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Canada is threatening new retaliatory tariffs on more U.S. exports if the U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum are
Read moreFor the year ended Dec. 31, consolidated revenue for Kubota Corp. increased by 5.7 percent compared to the previous year.
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The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have trapped barrels of ethanol in the country’s interior, causing shortages of
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) rolled out an extensive agriculture platform during a recent campaign stop in Iowa. It included a
Read moreConcerns about economic conditions led to a dip in the Ag Economy Barometer from February to March. The Index of
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A chronic logjam in a freight yard in Central Illinois has led Norfolk Southern Corp. to rethink how it moves
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Member company K·Coe Isom has announced a program intended to provide entrepreneurs with a more visible platform for their food
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The price of iron ore, the main ingredient in steel, surged to its highest level in almost five years on
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A survey of 3,000 young Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 shows that, despite messages from trades industries
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In our overcrowded inboxes and time-starved days, we make choices about which emails we open. The Association learned during the
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