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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.
The release of USDA’s county-level cash rent data in early April may have raised more questions than it answered.
Scale-Tec introduces a scale kit option for CCS seed delivery systems on Case IH 1250 and 1260 planters. With the kit farmers can use bulk seed, evenly fill both hoppers, track seed inventory at night, measure seed needs per field and go to the next field without emptying hoppers.
More than 660 of the nation’s most ambitious farmers convened in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 27 to 29 for the 14th annual Top Producer Seminar, titled “Win in the New Economy.” This year marked the fourth straight year of record attendance.
Late planting combined with a number of other weather trials this summer resulted in some quality issues such as cob rot, agronomists report.
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Democratic Congressional leaders say they have reached an agreement with President Trump to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure.
A major and often-overlooked overhead production cost on the farm is utilities.
Bouncing from the science of genetics to pure joy, Jimmy Cassell is the rarest of hunters
Market rallies seem to show up at the least opportune times. While your focus is elsewhere, such as in the field planting, along comes a nice price bump that suddenly appears and then leaves just as quickly.
Rural broadband continues to get attention from Washington, as it works to bridge the digital divide.
It’s no secret that wins are hard to come by in Washington, D.C.
Top Producer will be honoring one outstanding young producer at its Tomorrow’s Top Producer event, which takes place Jan. 28-30, 2020 in Chicago.
Over the last few years, the average break even crop price has dropped. According to Purdue University, some of that can be attributed to softening farmland rental rates.
A strong and stable agricultural economy is boosting farmland values in Canada.
The total return from farmland owned by pension funds rose during the first quarter of 2018.
The number of farms sold in 2017 declined for the fifth year in a row, according to data from Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) and Frontier Farm Credit. The lenders report the number of sales in their service area declined by about 270, or 7.5%, compared to 2016.
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union could “unleash a series of dominoes” across ag markets, says Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition.
The Big Get Bigger: Large farms continue to grow as smaller farms join forces in an attempt to compete.
Land sales demand has softened, according to Jim Farrell, president and CEO of Farmers National Company in Omaha, Neb.
Injecting an industrial metal back into the ground could prove a boon for farmers and miners alike.
Here’s a land investor that sees opportunity from the collapse in crude oil prices. His name is Jay Ellis, founder along with partner T. Boone Pickens, of