INDUSTRY NEWS

June marked a down month for ag tractor and combine sales, according to data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).

The World Forage Analysis Superbowl will once again provide further educational opportunities to World Dairy Expo attendees with its Dairy Forage Seminars. These seminars, led by professors, researchers, producers and industry experts, will address various topics related to forage production, harvest, storage and feeding Wednesday, Oct. 2, through Saturday, Oct. 5.

Although May sales were mostly stable, U.S. farm tractor and combine manufacturers are facing some of the same uncertainties related to trade issues as their producer customers, according to an official with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).

Farm labor wages have increased over the past year, according to the recent USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service in a report released May 30, 2019. 

Hoping to head off a “rapidly emerging forage crisis for livestock farmers across the Midwest,” a multistate coalition of agricultural organizations submitted a written request to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, June 6, seeking approval for emergency provisions allowing the planting and harvesting of forages on prevented plant acres without date restrictions.

Joy Hendrix has returned to Progressive Publishing full time to serve as an editor for Progressive Forage.