Crop Production
The Fertilizer Research Act has been introduced by three senators to require USDA to study competition and trends in the fertilizer market.
The report shares markets are at a crossroads—prices could move in either direction.
Lack of genetic diversity in crops may lead to an outcome worse than COVID-19.
“In this market, there’s a lot of risk from the farm gates to the retail side. So more conversation goes along way this year,” Josh Linville says.
The team at Heartland Ag Systems offers their advice for keeping fertilizer spreaders running in top shape.
Researchers found a significant relationship between capital costs and farmer-held inventory.
Organic food sales have grown over time, but it’s still only accounts for 2.5% to 6% of the food market. How much is organic farming growing year over year? John Phipps answers a viewer’s question in Customer Support.
With rapidly changing market conditions, Jerry Gulke says it pays to look at historical precedents.
Every year, around this time, FSA mails letters to randomly selected farmers and landowners informing them they are facing an audit. If you receive a letter, don’t panic. Get help from experts who deal with FSA reviews.
Welcome to a $9 million orgy of crop insurance fraud by an unassuming farm couple.
Soybean farming can be a marathon. And just like in a race, how well you finish relates directly to how well you start – though you may not know how much.
After Kevin Whitney’s iPhone fell into 220,000 bushels of grain, the device made a 20,000-mile roundtrip across the globe before returning to its stunned owner.
Better nutrient use efficiency can lead to higher yield potential with less environmental impact. Watch this video to find a simple, proven way you can upgrade NUE on your corn acres in 2024.
The Dairyland Seed Agronomy Team spent the past year preparing the upcoming 2023 Product Agronomy Research (PAR) Report, conducted on Dairyland Seed research sites, demonstration plots and replicated trials.
The practice can be useful in some scenarios but not all. Farmers need to evaluate the potential impact on 2024 yield outcomes. Perhaps a bigger concern is how the practice impacts weed management, especially waterhemp.
The precision agriculture industry hasn’t done a great job articulating the value of site-specific soil testing, which has led to frustration from farmers, who aren’t sure how to use what they learn from the tests.
Jay Graham of Western Crop Advisors highlights how the production of apples, almonds, grapes and more sets up growers to make decisions based on unique considerations.
After moving the family farm from Canada to Mississippi in the 1970s, change became part of the family culture for the Jack family of Silent Shade Planting Company - winners of the 2023 Top Producer of the Year Award.
To avoid a major technology setback in the spring, Joshua Elhers, precision products coordinator at Heartland Ag Solutions, shares two precautions the ag industry can take now.
When a Tennessee farming family decided to build a small rice mill, they triggered a suburban uproar and social media war.
Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie shares two videos to explain how to successfully set and operate your hybrid chisel and inline ripper.
From the roots up, Beck’s Hybrids and AgriGold promise new ways to talk about how to grow corn.
When 14-year-old Dave Richmond’s monster buck was stolen, he searched 14 years for the pinched antlers, never giving up hope on a spectacular rack.
ADM recently surveyed consumers and decision-makers in the retail and consumer-packaged goods sectors on consumer trust, purchase consideration, and future regenerative agriculture trends for CPGs and retailers.
“We’re getting strong results. High interest rates and sub-$5 per bushel corn is not affecting land market conditions,” says Jim Rothermich from Iowa Appraisal.
“If we don’t engage well digitally, we’re just another white pickup,” says K.C. Graner, CFS senior vice president.
North Dakota auction company announces new record-high land sale for cropland in the northeast corner of the state at $17,500 per acre, while in Iowa farmland sales are starting to cool off.
According to the team at Heartland Ag Solutions, taking the time now to prep equipment for spring is vital.
After losing its third consecutive trial, a Bayer investor called for the company to reconsider its litigation strategy, and a trial lawyer signaled interest in restarting settlement talks for thousands of Roundup cases.
When it comes to seed treatments, the truth might surprise you.