Articles by Ed Maixner

So far, the U.S. dairy sector is swimming along fairly well through a flooded world market. American dairy farmers have a mixed bag economically this year, starting with a national producer milk price of $15.70 per hundredweight (cwt), its lowest in nearly s

While American wheat growers finish weaving their Wheat Action Plan to improve their crop€s profitability and encourage more planting, the big chill in U.S. production isn€t abating.

Although Congress finally passed a five-year bill to fund surface transportation at the end of 2015, its $60 billion a year in federal funding was essentially divvied out via formulas more than 30 years old, and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says that needs to

On cue at a national conference of fellow scientists, regulators and industry experts in the animal health sector here Thursday, an Elanco Animal Health expert garnished his comments with descriptions of a new alternative anti-mastitis treatment for milk cows hours before Elanco itself

An array of cost savings and market premiums are enticing American cattle ranches and dairy farms to extend their grazing seasons by a month or two, or even to graze year round.

The best forces for expanding National Farmers Union membership are the swelling ranks of small and part-time farmers, many of whom produce and market their products in and around urban areas, along with the logistical support and  symbiotic relationship  NFU has with its QBE

What to expect from Agriculture Secretary Vilsack in the final 10 months of the Obama administration? Vilsack detailed his to-do list Monday in an address to the National Farmers Union convention, Vilsack detailed his to-do list Monday in an address to the Nati

Debates over national mandates on draining wetlands, ethanol production and biotech food labeling, plus a friendly but spirited vice presidential election contest, await National Farmers Union members at their annual convention opening Saturday in Minneapolis. NFU Presiden

Gigantic market opportunities in the production of organic livestock feed and forage await both American organic producers ready to expand and conventional ones willing to try organic farming.

Embedded in the monstrous budget bill Congress hammered out late last year is a tweak in tax laws that few noticed but is surely a big hit among agricultural scientists and those who fund them.