DAILY Bites The USDA is suspending federal financial awards to Minnesota and Minneapolis amid ongoing fraud investigations, according to a letter sent to Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins said on X the suspension is effective immediately, “until sufficient proof has been provided that the…

Image by Nokwan007, Shutterstock Top Third Ag Marketing, a division of StoneX Financial Services Inc., helps farmers become better agricultural marketers with the goal of marketing crops in the top third of prices. Mark Gold and his team provide AGDAILY.com with the latest information and a look ahead in their…

In an industry where nearly half of all online customers inquiries receive no personal response from dealers, Kubota stands out as the top brand actually doing things right. The annual Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Compact Tractor Industry Study, which measured dealership responsiveness to internet sales leads, showed Kubota…

Researchers at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service have released a new spring wheat germplasm line with resistance to Fusarium head blight — giving growers a leg up against a particularly devastating crop disease. Fusarium head blight (FHB), or scab, is the number one fungal disease impacting small-grain cereal production in…

For the past few weeks, social media has been full of posts marking the transition from the Year of the Snake to the Chinese zodiac Year of the Horse, or, more specifically, the Fire Horse. The theme is everywhere: transformation is out, momentum is in. And it makes sense that…

If you’ve ever spent time around livestock shows, you know it only takes one moment of chaos to turn a calm day into a full-on escape situation. That’s likely what happened in Oklahoma City this week, when a loose bovine sparked a commotion near Reno Avenue, close to Hurricane Harbor.…