WASHINGTON POST – BRIAN FUNG and CAITLIN DEWEY – Federal antitrust regulators have granted agribusiness giants Bayer and Monsanto permission to merge after the two companies agreed to spin off $9 billion worth of assets, the largest such sale of … Continued
SUCCESSFUL FARMING – HEATHER BARNES – Memorial Day – Many people in North Carolina traveled to the beach or the mountains for a long weekend. We’ll be headed to the field. One thing I have learned since marrying a farmer is … Continued
SEATTLE MAGAZINE – CYNTHIA NIMS – Women have been hidden players on the nation’s farms, but local storyteller Audra Mulkern is out to change that. First came the sense of surprise, then, right on its heels, the surprise that she … Continued
MONROE MONITOR – KELLY SULLIVAN – MONROE – Y2K emergency planning turned into dairy goat business. Marcia St. John was preparing for a digital apocalypse when she bought her first dairy goats. With the new millennium approaching, she wanted to … Continued
THE GARDIAN – SABRINA SIDDIQUI – WASHINGTON D.C. – Industry leaders descended on the capital this week amid hopes the country at large is slowly embracing legalization. More than 200 cannabis industry leaders descended upon Washington this week in the … Continued
CNBC – DISRUPTOR | 50 – LORA KOLODNY – Indigo Agriculture is using microbes to help farmers grow crops in challenging conditions. The start-up boasted $67 million in annual bookings in 2017 and is on target to hit half a … Continued
WA AG NETWORK – GLENN VAAGEN – After two rounds of trade talks between the world’s largest economies, China has promised to buy significantly more U.S. agriculture and energy products to help reduce its trade surplus with America. Treasury Secretary Steven … Continued
SUCCESSFUL FARMING – JODI HENKE – You’ve got your hay fields cut, drying, and then Mother Nature decides to rain on your baling plans. It may or may not be a problem. Hay quality losses from rain depends on the … Continued
SUCCESSFUL FARMING – LAURIE BEDORD – The role of females in precision ag is steadily evolving. Over the next three years, the USDA projects there will be nearly 16,000 annual openings in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics or STEM – … Continued
SEATTLE TIMES – THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW – RACHEL ALEXANDER – SPOKANE — Every five years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture conducts a census of farm animals from alpacas to poultry. The bottom line? There’s a lot of cows out there. In … Continued