China Says Food Unlikely to Be Cause of New Virus Outbreak, but Blocks Tyson Imports June 22, 2020 By Marion Dakers and Michael Hirtzer China suspended poultry imports from a Tyson Foods Inc. plant where hundreds of employees tested positive for Covid-19, stoking concerns...
U.S. Cotton, Peanuts at Risk as Hurricane Makes Northward Turn September 4, 2019 By Marvin G. Perez, Michael Hirtzer and Brian K. Sullivan With Florida orange groves seemingly escaping major damage from Hurricane Dorian, concern now turns to soy, corn and cotton fields...
U.S. Farmers Face Insurance, Aid Decisions as Persistent Rains Prevent Planting May 28, 2019 By Michael Hirtzer Kansas farmer Mark Nelson has until Saturday to plant his corn or lose the insurance that protects him from a...
More Rain Forecast as Midwest, Great Plains Continue to Deal With River Flooding March 19, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan and Michael Hirtzer The Great Plains and Midwest, struggling with flooding that inundated roads and farms and pushed rivers to record heights, is...
Low Yields Best Insurance as U.S. Farmers Plant Corn June 10, 2011 By Michael Hirtzer Ohio farmer Jeff Hoak was excited and anxious at the same time. His wedding was coming up, and many of...