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Carmi, Ill., farmer Chase Sailer isn’t afraid to do things different. He learns from failures on the farm and is turning to precision tools to drill down decisions to every acre.
There are challenges that come with the process, but also hidden opportunities that can help the rising generation build for the future.
With 30 tax provisions set to expire at the end of 2025, four experts explain how and when you could be affected.
We wanted to have a little ag-related fun with Teslas’ recent Optimus robot reveal, and you guys delivered the goods.
Leather work gloves are often considered “consumables” due to the frequency with which they wear out or go missing on the farm. If you know how to match glove design and type of leather to the job, you can buy fewer gloves.
State officials want Cory Garrett’s farmland worked by his family over five generations.
Matt Boos of Agrigrowth Consulting says his most successful farmer clients always have more than one revenue stream. But there’s one strategy he recommends to help to shorten the learning curve.
Rebecca Sip shares about the challenges she’s faced navigating a gradual generational transition of their family farm, the importance of continual learning and the role of humility each and every day.
Donald Faivre tumbled into a bizarre tale of torture, Tojo, and cannibalism, yet emerged as he entered, a farmer with a heart of gold.
With the unknown of if and when Congress will act, guidance is available based on estate size.
Farmers put John Deere’s flagship technology to the ultimate test this year. Here’s what their successes and failures revealed.
As farmers face rising costs, financial viability with sustainability will be key to long-term success.
The addition of hogs and a trucking business to his family farm has allowed Erik Oberbroeckling to employ a large staff and alleviate some struggles when grain farming is less profitable.
We caught up with The Fertilizer Institute’s 2024 4R Advocates as they reflect on 2024, share their sustainability wins and describe how 2025 could look different.
You can’t save your way to prosperity — you need product, and you need to capture the best price.
An Indiana museum provides a hands-on celebration of the region’s key industry and its contribution to America’s agricultural expansion.
Products making environmental, social and governance-related claims averaged 28% cumulative growth between 2018 to 2022, versus 20% for products that didn’t, according to McKinsey & Company.
One team shares how efficacy in biological production has leveled up behind the scenes.
By breaking away from his family’s traditional management practices, Joe Frey was able to not only save money, but also minimize the impacts of drought, heavy rains, wind and hail.
Chris Miller has proved the power of one on his farmland, measured by the shaping of American youth.
While there currently is not a generally recognized standard that is “regenerative,” farmers can adopt or expand various conservation practices, secure grants and collaborate with fellow farmers to invest in tools.
What you need to know about the 40A biofuels tax credit, 40B sustainable aviation fuel credit and 45Z clean fuel production credit.
Through embryo transfer, researchers worked with the Smithsonian to preserve the past while also growing a new future for the Arapawa goat breed.
Rotor Technologies will begin shipping its autonomous application helicopters next year. Sprayhawk features a 110-gal. tank and can cover 240 acres per hour.
For kids who know nothing about agriculture, stepping foot into the Children’s Discovery Museum in Normal, Ill., might be their one chance to walk in a farmer’s shoes.
On Nov. 19, 2023, Iowa farmer Joe Rempe suffered severe injuries from an anhydrous leak while in the field. His fiance, Kendra Vander Leest, not only helped save Joe, but she’s been caring for him since.
Norman Borlaug helped develop wheat varieties in Mexico, and later in Pakistan, India and other locations that helped feed and save the lives of millions of people, and his childhood is quite the story in itself.
As you do your tax planning at year-end, be sure to review any assets you have held for at least a year to determine if your taxable income remains in the 15% tax bracket.
Instead of looking at the technology to cut costs, southwest Kansas farmer Luke Jaeger sees it as a way to do a more effective job at battling intensifying weed pressure.
In the third quarter, farm income and loan repayment rates weakened.