Poultry farm (aviary) full of white laying hen A third case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in Nebraska. The Nebraska Department of Agriculture and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service say a flock of 400,000 broilers has been infected close to where the first case was reported on March 16th. The farm in Butler County is being depopulated and a control zone of more than six […]
Private estimates are coming in ahead of USDA’s planting intentions report March 31st. Matt Bennett with AgMarket.Net says they’re forecasting 90.7 million corn acres, 89.8 million for soybeans, and wheat at 48.3 million acres. “We know the USDA has already printed 2 million-plus acres of all wheat. And whenever you start putting acreage like that out, for instance we know cotton acres are going to be up at least some, […]
The Biden administration has announced nearly $3 billion is available for infrastructure projects of national and regional significance which includes improvements in rural areas. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says it will provide “for transportation infrastructure projects like transit, rail, highways, freight, and a lot of bridges.” The Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program is one of three areas included in this round of funding. Up to $300 million this year […]
