David Murray

Pivot irrigator from Pexel, credit Refik Ekenal.
Ag News, Water

Center pivot irrigation insurance premiums rising 

Weather pattern changes can mean more violent storm and that can impact farmers who depend on center pivot irrigation, David Murray writes. Read More

Corn field. (Adobe Stock │ #373307379 - Steve)
Crops

Corn exports up and China buys tariffed soybeans

Traditional Easter celebration dinner, Easter holiday party. (Adobe Stock │ #566142480 - bit24)
Blogs, Columns, David, David Murray, Editors

Food rhythms are part of Lent and Easter 



Corn harvest (Photo: Keith Werner - Wanatah, Indiana)

Corn up, cotton and wheat down in planting intentions

(Courtesy photo.)

American drone maker prospers amid pressures on producers

Chinese ship fees draw ag opposition

Late spring and early summer rains have helped crops but have weeds have also benefited from the moisture. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Bayer faces $2 billion verdict

corn field (Photo: iStock - zhengzaishuru)

Few changes for corn, soybeans in WASDE

A contractor hired by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission uses a helicopter to apply herbicide to phragmites, an invasive, noxious weed, at Niobrara Confluence Wildlife Management Area on the Missouri River near the village of Niobrara. Also known as common reed, phragmites is choking out native vegetation, reducing the amount of wildlife habitat available on the Missouri, Platte and other rivers, reservoirs and wetlands throughout the state. It is also an Aquatic Invasive Species. (Photo by Eric Fowler, for NEBRASKAland Magazine, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.)

Is latest WOTUS revision the final chapter?

David Murray

On tariffs, stability is key

USDA

USDA rolls out commodity relief program