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Steve May is a big believer in data and what it can do to help improve efficiency and productivity in a farm operation. May uses AFS Connect to make more informed decisions.
Douglass Steiger celebrates his 90th birthday as two new green Steigers roll off the line.
Four-dollar corn dominated discussions, but farmers remain open to new innovations and machinery as spring planting and the promise of a new production season beckons.
The startups will be featured in a pitch event at Farm Journal’s Top Producer Summit Feb. 5-7 in Kansas City
“Our goal is simple: use traits to help plants grow deeper roots,” says Cquesta CEO Michael Ott.
Nitricity is on a quest to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions via its innovative natural liquid fertilizer manufacturing process. The technology represents a major disruption to the global fertilizer market.
A farm kid from Kansas is bringing a new robotic weeding concept to market and he’s got big dreams for the future of crop protection.
ISO outlines the transformative potential of smart farming in addressing the complex challenges that our world faces today.
Gripp co-founder Tracey Wiedmeyer discusses the startup’s equipment tracking and management app and how it can help farmers and farm workers manage mixed fleets.
It might surprise you, but it’s not an “I” state. According to USDA data, the top five states using precision ag technologies account for half of the 2022 cash receipts for corn (52.6%) and soybeans (45.7%).
Farm Journal’s machinery and technology editor was on the ground in Louisville last week. Here’s a handful of the trends we saw down in Bourbon Country.
To date, tens of thousands of acres have been planted with SIMPAS-Applied Solutions (SaS) through the SIMPAS application system.
The company says its year-over-year growth includes more farmers paid (215% increase in new growers), more fields enrolled (333% more new acres and a 297% increase in new fields) and more credits produced each year.
“Our mission is to improve and expand our program to create additional opportunities for even more American farmers,” said Leonardo Bastos, Senior Vice President of Ecosystem Services at Bayer Crop Science.
The electric economy is ready to roll into town this decade as battery technology improves, renewable power generation expands and automakers buy in to a future powered by something other than gasoline and diesel.
Here are the FAQs for farmers who are exploring carbon’s next chapter on the farm.
As grain bins grow larger and more farmers store on-farm, one of agriculture’s most useful tech applications is making headwinds.
The conservation story of Brad and Joyce Doyle’s Arkansas farm is far from its final chapter. With sustainability efforts evident throughout the farm, they want their acts to prosper the next generation.
Almost 50 years ago, Michigan farmer Don Morse put conservation tillage to the test on his 3,100 acres, years before the federal government began offering subsidies to farmers as an incentive to conserve the soil.
In the early 1980s, teenager Chris Von Holten, watched as heavy rains eroded the soil away on his family’s Illinois farm. Because of that event, Von Holten’s farming management focuses on soil preservation.
Sold: Integrity for the price of 12 cedars and a single oak in farm country.
The annual American Soybean Association (ASA) Conservation Legacy Award Program announces its four regional winners for the 2024 Awards.
Jacob Kaderly’s passion for land stewardship can be credited to his father’s management practices on the family farm and his service on the Wisconsin State Conservation Board during the 1970s.
“As a young person, if you’re not going to be proud of what you do, don’t waste your time,” he advises. “Be proud of what you do, and everywhere you go, be excited about it and talk about it.”
Kevin Charleston, owner of Specialty Risk Insurance, shares a few ways to protect yourself and your operation against a gap in coverage.
Edgewood Locker got its start in rural northeast Iowa in 1966. The business now spans over three generations, and it’s largely thanks to Joan Kerns who helped start the family business that’s now seen phenomenal growth.
Working and training with her mother, in 2019 Hallie Shoffner took the lead as CEO and continues to focus on growing the business, searching for opportunities in specialty crops and value-added production.
The team at Traction Ag is working to provide via its cloud-based farm accounting application a system that captures all the financial and field information farmers need to record and manage.
Are leaders made or born? “Some people are more naturally disposed to being leaders, but it doesn’t mean they’re good at it. To be a really good leader, you’re made into one through intention and exposure,” she says.
It’s important the friends, family, and business professionals close to farmers are prepared and able to effectively communicate in a mental health crisis.