Farm Journal articles

Recent articles from Farm Journal

Outlook.
December 6, 2007... Byline: Bob Utterback, Economist A Defensive Strategy The big turkey feed is over, and the Christmas and New Year's season is near. This is the time of year when we give thanks for a good crop and slow down a little to spend time with our most important assets-our family. At...

Policy Journal.
December 6, 2007... Byline: Roger Bernard USDA Expert Exits With the Jan. 3, 2008, retirement of USDA Chief Economist Keith Collins, the agency will lose a major source of history, perspective, analysis and insight into agriculture and farm policy. His ability to inform in a clear, concise manner is a...

You Could Be A Winner.
December 14, 2007... Byline: Darrell Smith You could be one of three farmers to win exclusive welding training and high-tech new products Spend a few minutes completing a welding survey and you could win what Bunker Hill, Ind., farmer Brian Harlan, one of last year's winners, describes as the trip of a...

A Panoramic View.
February 2, 2008... Byline: Charles Johnson The U.S. economy, beset by a weaker dollar, may be slowing down, but the nation's agricultural trade is poised to boom. That's what Terry Barr, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) chief economist and vice president for agriculture and trade policy,...

New Hoops.
February 2, 2008... Byline: Darrell Smith When Travis Michl (pronounced "Michael") and his father, Bill, of Newton, Ill., wondered how to store the additional 100,000 bu. of corn they expected to grow in 2007, they settled on a hoop building-technically a "clear-span tension membrane building," according...