CME’s new online training aimed at teaching about futures market
Amateurs and professional traders alike are welcome to the newly launched CME Group Futures Institute, an online platform geared toward futures education, trading simulation and market research.
Good season gives leaf growers bountiful crop, but less demand
In a season that saw burley tobacco move from a sellers’ market to one for the buyers, supplies seem to be at adequate levels for tobacco companies for the first time in the last few years.
Dealing with major depression is a serious challenge to individuals and families in agriculture. The preceding two “Farm and Ranch Life” columns explained how depression and suicide often occur among agricultural people and how exposures to certain agricultural pesticides contribute to these problems.
College volleyball women get namesakes at Ohio dairy farm
Kate Yeazel grew up on a farm in southwestern Ohio. She went to the University of Pittsburgh on a full volleyball scholarship. There were more students in her first lecture than in her entire high school; it was quite an adjustment.
Pipeline expert to deliver strong advice during Power Show Ohio
What started out in western Pennsylvania more than a decade ago has spread quickly into central Ohio, creating havoc inside the agricultural community. It is making its way towards northwest and west-central Ohio and soon may spread to other parts of the state.
OSHA cites Illinois company for 2 worker deaths in June
A Springfield agricultural products company has a few days to decide on contesting the citation the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) levied this month in a dual suffocation incident on plant property last summer.
Iowa’s largest utility suing three counties over high nitrate levels
The Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) board unanimously voted last week to sue three northwest Iowa counties over high levels of nitrates discharged into one of the state’s major tributaries. It has been called the nation’s first legal case of its kind and could set a national precedent if subsequently won,
U of I professor’s advice: Know your foliar diseases
Knowing the differences among common foliar diseases in corn, and how to treat corn pathogens including Goss’ wilt, was the topic of a presentation from University of Illinois associate professor of plant pathology Carl A. Bradley during the Corn and Soybean Classic Jan. 7.
Purdue economists advise how to weather lowered crop prices
In the face of an economic downturn, row crop farmers will need to strategize carefully to offset the decrease in crop prices over the next few years, said Purdue ag experts in a recent webinar.
