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The initiative is designed to help create a unique digital carbon footprint measurement to drive more sustainable supply chains and mitigate the impact agriculture has on the environment.
Giving of our time, talents and money is an important part of helping others.
A USDA-National Resources Inventory report shows soil erosion rates on cropland decreased 35% from 1982 to 2017. Even so, some members of the agricultural community say rates are unsustainable for crop production.
This winter, dive into these topics. Don’t assume; have the talk.
Some of the best farm operators I know have had enough with complexity. They pride themselves, and their operations, on being simple.
Understand and weigh your operation’s options.
Build your farm’s future based on its past.
The company says its program will help farmers reduce their CO2 emissions and will be launched in phases starting next year.
Short morning meetings set the framework for how your team maximizes its time.
With all the crippling kinks and missing links in the supply chain, it looks like Christmas could be positively Dickensian.
In 2007, Casey Kimbrell pulled the handbrake on life, questioned the fundamentals of agriculture, and determined to topple the assumed pillar of farm function—debt.
President Biden planned to meet with chief executives of major retailers and companies to discuss how to move goods to shelves as the U.S. holiday shopping season begins in the shadow of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
As families gather to give thanks this year, Farm Journal shares stories of grit and gratitude. From surviving a raging wildfire to a mail carrier who saved a rancher’s life, each show resilience of rural America.
John Phipps says after a year many paused large family gatherings, he’s acquired new habits to improve my chances of happiness. And this Thanksgiving, it may just be the unexpected moments for which you give thanks.
After a battle with COVID-19, first generation farmer Chance McMillan didn’t just lose his dad, but a life-long coach. That’s as the two had plans to finally farm full-time as father and son.
Gratitude is like a muscle, the more you exercise it the stronger it becomes.
Is there any correlation between President Biden’s energy policy and current prices at the pump? John weighs in on a viewer’s question during U.S. Farm Report’s Customer Support segment.
For five minutes each day, walk around your farm and clear your mind of everything stressing you out.
Agriculture is a growing and evolving industry, skills and industry knowledge develop over a lifetime.
One result of the pandemic was a spike in savings rates. In the U.S. last April, Americans collectively saved a record 30% of their income. John Phipps looks at China’s savings rate and what it’s meant for exports.
Farmers tend to focus on net profit per acre in determining financial decisions. I think they should focus more on contribution margin per acre.
Finding ways to save money is top of mind for farmers. Facing high input costs and expected supply chain delays for months to come, every purchase decision has become that much more important this year.
For 12 straight months, the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) has remained above growth neutral, to the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index.
Increasingly personal income in the U.S. is about owning, while income from working is slowly declining.
As you build out your 2022 plans, let’s focus on equipment rates and management.
Feed additives, metabolic pathways and methane-reducing gene traits all are part of new research efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from dairy cows.
A series of extreme rains prompted the Clark family to change the way it operates their farm and begin integrating more regenerative practices.
In most scenarios, companies want to incentivize growers by paying them to use regenerative farming practices, especially no-till and cover crops, on ground where they haven’t used such practices previously.
In an op-ed written by NCGA CEO Jon Doggett, he says fertilizer executives are bringing in climbing profits at the expense of farmers, referring to those fertilizer companies as the “Fertilizer Oligopoly.”
With “Help Wanted” signs everywhere and people leaving the workforce in droves, your previous team management strategies might not work.