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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Cattle feeders continued gaining market leverage this week as prices moved higher and slaughter levels declined.
In celebration of Black History Month, John Boyd Jr. shares his passion for farming and making his voice heard
A year ago, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine injected uncertainty about global grain supplies into the market. Today, initial concerns have been squashed by the reality of record exports from the Black Sea Region.
In 2014, Nationwide launched Grain Bin Safety Week to not only get the essential rescue tools in the hands of first responders, but also the essential training. Nominations are now open for local departments.
The U.S. appears to be pursuing a case via USMCA on the matter: “That is going to happen, because we’re essentially in a circumstance where this is not a situation that lends itself to a compromise,” Vilsack said.
Thanks to technology, the days of choosing one farming system for your entire operation are gone.
National FFA Week is a celebration of the impact the organization has across the country. To help in the celebration, Andrew McCrea shares this bit of FFA history.
Evaluate your fleet to implement multiple production systems and capitalize on fieldwork windows.
FFA is a nearly limitless opportunity for young people to figure out who they are and what they want to do in life. Here are 10 lessons Farm Journal employees learned through FFA that they use every day.
Varying production methods, as well as inputs, complete your transition into precision farming
The ability to switch between vertical tillage and no-till or strip-till can boost yield and help cope with weather
Managing multiple production systems is the last step to precision farming
Multiple production systems provide options for tough years such as 2019
Despite weather trends, planting projections for 2023 find corn, wheat and soybeans similar to 2022, for a combined 228 million acres—a 3% increase from 2022.
Strong used equipment values have been a theme for the past 18 to 20 months, and Machinery Pete doesn’t see that story changing anytime soon. During National Farm Machinery Show he revealed why those prices could last.
Nitrogen is often the most limiting factor when it comes to crop productivity.
Brazil’s beef exports to China will be halted starting Thursday after a case of mad cow disease was confirmed in the northern state of Para, the country’s agriculture and livestock ministry said on Wednesday.
You can’t always predict the weather; but you can put plans in place so you’re ready to plant in all conditions.
As Farmall celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, a collector from Minnesota shares why his family’s Farmall C has turned into a treasured tractor on their farm.
How remarkable teenagers put a call to help into action, creating some unlikely friendships and bonds after Mayfield, Kentucky was ravaged by a tornado on December 10, 2021.
16-year-old Mary Schalk set off on her first solo flight the day after a destructive tornado ravaged Mayfield, Ky. Her mission was to get supplies to those who needed it, as many were left with nothing after the storm.
Easton Corbin is no stranger to agriculture. Growing up in Florida, raising and showing cattle was engrained from the start, as was FFA. The Florida farm kid, instead, attending college majoring in Agriculture Business
FFA students searching for success can learn from Oklahoma’s Raegan Klaassen and her well-traveled path to the 2021 National Star Farmer stage in Indianapolis.
When Badger FFA Adviser Larry Plapp decided to retire after 37 years of teaching, his students got to work restoring a Farmall tractor, but it wasn’t just any tractor. The 1954 Super M-TA was Plapp’s dad first tractor.
When Charlie Bortner and Wyatt Myers spotted a 1938 Farmall F-20, they knew it needed a lot of work. A 6-month FFA project turned into a two-year undertaking, and the finished project is now polished perfection.
More than 4,000 growers and applicators have already completed Bayer-led dicamba training for 2023, which outpaces previous seasons and shows that growers continue to prioritize this technology.
Supply chain challenges consistently hit ag in 2022. While 2023 shows improvement with fertilizer availability, National Farm Machinery Show revealed the ag equipment sector is still fragile to supply problems.
With higher-than-average costs and spring planting on the horizon, farmers are locking in their 2023 input needs.
Is the Biden Administration’s trade agenda finally making some progress? Farm groups are hopeful after key appointments are confirmed and some recent success stories on the trade front.
Between the 2022 CHIPS Act and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, there’s a policy push to bring the production of both semiconductor chips and nitrogen to the U.S.