Crops
China put a record number of corn purchases on the books to end January, but it’s not just China buying. This week, USDA confirmed China bought more corn from the U.S., a sign demand may be strong across the board.
China’s historic buys last week seem to come with nervousness from other major importers. So, are the higher prices rationing demand? Analysts say it’s not happening with China, yet.
David and Alice Monk possess a priceless American tale in the heartland based on God, family, and farm—and in that order.
Farmers Nathan Neameyer and Paul Overby, along with researcher Mike Ostlie, are intercropping innovators intent on finding crop combinations that translate to a whole greater than component parts.
With the run-up in stock prices for GameStop, AMC and others, could corn, soybeans or cattle be next? Listen to what Tommy Grisafi of Advance Trading had to say about it on U.S. Farm Report this weekend.
While China’s hunger for corn made headlines, Suderman says the steady demand for soybeans is creating a serious supply concern. That’s why there are now fears the U.S. could run out of soybeans.
Beck’s Hybrids is the third-largest seed brand in the United States, providing high-yielding corn, soybeans, wheat, and elite alfalfa to farmers across the Midwest.
China’s appetite for U.S. corn seems unstoppable. Just this week, daily sales of corn to China added up to a new record.
But downforce pressure and ground contact are keys to fully capitalize on benefits.
A travel ban on South African guest workers, as currently set in place by executive order, could be devastating for U.S. farming operations.
Legendary. In the annals of survival history, Todd Orr’s account is incredible and magnified by a deuce: He skirted death in two separate grizzly bear attacks separated by mere minutes.
Whether seed, fiber or cannabidiol (CBD), hemp growers share a colossal commonality: They are all learning on the go.
Derek Martin has transformed a 6,000-acre farming operation from an input-guzzling leviathan to a profit-per-acre force.
An old concept gets a new chance to combat weeds
Arkansas Crop Per Drop irrigation contest recognizes winners
Bouncing from the science of genetics to pure joy, Jimmy Cassell is the rarest of hunters
GrainCoat is a grain marketing tool designed for tracking inventory, and aimed at simple data entry and crop projection for multiple years: inventory, offers, contracts and management in one app.
Nebraska grower credits biological cocktail, management for 163.9-bu. farm record
Jason Mauck is a man obsessed with farming efficiency: A true maverick, apostle of relay cropping and farmer fueled by love of family, Mauck is bringing change to agriculture, one row at a time.
Randy Dowdy’s soil death is no mystery, insists the Georgia producer, and now a federal inspection report appears to back his claims of soil damage on record-breaking farmland due to pipeline construction.
The age of marijuana farming in the U.S. has arrived, although most farmers are caught on the sidelines. As individual state cultivation barriers topple at a dizzying pace, U.S. agriculture’s billion-dollar dance with marijuana has begun and there will be no strike of the clock at midnight.
A Trump wall made of hemp is far from reality, but the concept reflects the remarkable promise of a once-maligned crop emerging in the marketplace.
Jimmy Frederick attributes 163.9 bu. soybeans to seed population, spacing and biologicals. Essentially, he says the booming yields were established when the planter rolled.
Whether crops, rocks, fossils or Native American artifacts, Terry Springer is a farmer possessed by his dirt.
Giles Shell’s hemp venture is paying dividends for his farm in Garrard County, and he hopes the entire state of Kentucky.
Sensors help simplify irrigation practices, reduce overwatering and save money
Is chronic wasting disease (CWD) a potential time bomb for the agriculture industry? A silent killer stalking deer and elk, CWD continues to move quietly across the U.S.
Chris Adams punched 300 acres of hemp ground in 2017 and hopes to start indoor production of marijuana in 2018. The maverick producer has picked the cannabis horse as a strong runner for agriculture.