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The latest USDA Crop Progress Report data shows planting is off to the slowest start in nine years with only 22% of the nation’s corn crop planted as of Sunday, May 8. Soybean planting progress currently sits at 12%.
Let’s bust through some outdated ways of thinking about farming today.
What if a partial solution to the plight of millions of dying children was a mere bowl of grain, but the sustaining food was pushed away in the name of science? Welcome to the saga of Golden Rice.
Asked why crops like soybeans would require subsidies into next year, Bronaugh said prices could dip in the next year — even though ag economists expect prices to remain high through 2023.
Be proactive and go to the field sooner rather than later. Once that crust hardens, it can hinder or even prevent crop emergence. Either or both will cost you money.
Ukraine has sown about 7 million hectares of spring crops so far this year, 25% to 30% less than in the corresponding period in 2021, according to the country’s ag minister.
Probing to test voltage in electrical connectors on farm equipment can be a challenge. Here are some tricks.
Greenhouses change the farming equation. They protect crops from weather while admitting sunlight. Farmers supply water, fertilizer as needed and crops flourish in locations where they would otherwise shrivel and die.
Efficiency is everything in agriculture, every single day. That’s why staying connected to service is key to keeping farm businesses running efficiently even when there’s a breakdown.
DOE will call for bids on 60 million barrels of oil come Fall 2022. However, the department anticipates deliveries will not be fulfilled until fiscal year 2023—when future oil prices and demand will be lower.