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Margy Eckelkamp

Margy Eckelkamp is the brand leader for Farm Journal’s Top Producer and The Daily Scoop, specializing in business reporting for CEO farmers and agricultural professionals. She provides actionable intelligence to help operations navigate farmland dynamics, diversified revenue streams and overall profitability. Margy’s expertise spans regulatory and EPA issues, ag retail trends and tech innovations – topics she explores in depth on The Scoop podcast. Her nuanced analysis of modern business management ensures agricultural leaders are equipped to make informed decisions in a rapidly changing economic landscape.

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Farmers rate their local FSA office well but give USDA crop data low marks, and they have ideas for closing the gap.
The application says the extension is needed so the company can continue harvesting, close the pending Arizona property sale, and assist the monitor with the continuation and conclusion of the sale process.
Oil, freight, tariffs and tightening supply point to higher 2027 prices, while generic pyroxasulfone gives growers a place to save, according to FBN.
The debt of the business is more than $900 million, and the 19 property listings are valued at approximately 1.05 billion Canadian.
A federal judge says the FTC and 12 states have enough evidence for a jury to decide whether Syngenta’s Key AI rebates illegally kept generics out and grower prices up. Corteva already settled with the FTC.
Forty-three candidates are running for the House and five for the Senate with backgrounds on apple orchards, dairy farms and cattle ranches.
Farmers have to manage 2027 costs around a supply crunch driven by the Strait of Hormuz, European gas prices, and falling corn prices. The FIELDS awards committed $1.34 billion to eight domestic fertilizer projects on Oct. 22, and Josh Linville of StoneX says it is a real step in the right direction that still falls well short of what farmers need.
Farmers who sold outright on the rally handed elevators the grain, the financing and the margin-call exposure. CoBank’s Tanner Ehmke says that could slow basis gains as the 2026 crop moves to market.
Meridian Ag Advisor’s Wesley Davis puts data behind 10 puzzles in the 2026 farm economy. Three of them: land values that won’t fall, input costs that won’t ease and a downturn that looks like the 1980s until it doesn’t.
Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson and Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek agree on E15 and a Farm Bill. They split on who is responsible for the squeeze on farm margins.