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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.
Being in control of your data means having full access. Do you receive a digital file of all field activity by a third party? Now’s the time to have a conversion with your ag retailer about data delivery back to you.
Planter technology once focused on acres per day, but plant spacing and uniformity have moved to the forefront and there’s been an explosion of technology to help manage the furrow. Smart investments will maximize corn yield on every soil type.
Weather and prices are dictating acreage decisions in the Northern Plains this spring. So what are producers planning to plant?
Rick Rice, AMVAC director of application technology, says grant programs aren’t meant to forever subsidize a particular practice, but instead act as a catalyst for new participants to see its benefits.
The latest Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor projects a major drop in net farm income this year. Economists are also growing more pessimistic about the potential for interest rate cuts in 2024.
Babe Didrikson was talented in the game of basketball as well as baseball, track and field and golf. It’s been nearly a century since she passed away, but her accomplishments still astound Texas visitors today.
India and four European countries, namely Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, have finally signed a free trade pact after 16 years of negotiations. The impact could come in job creation.
“It’s in these challenging markets farmers need to think about driving more efficiency using technology,” says Darryl Matthews, a recently retired tech executive. Certain technologies can provide a short-term ROI.
“Smart farming means making your life more efficient, so you don’t have to focus on the mundane but instead on making the best product possible,” says Nebraska farmer Lukas Fricke. “We only have so many hours in a day.”
Farm Journal Test Plot research proves practices that reduce soil disturbance and sequester carbon perform best in a vertical farming system, as opposed to horizontal tillage, which creates yield-limiting soil layers.
Two new studies from Locus Ag and Pivot Bio found the use of biological products consistently increased yields in a variety of crops across a range of growing conditions.
USDA cut its estimate for Brazil’s soybean production by 1 MMT in the March WASDE report, which was less than what the trade expected. USDA didn’t make any cuts to Brazil’s corn.
Biome Makers said it pairs artificial intelligence with its soil database to decode soil biology and provide growers with more actionable information.
President Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his SOTU speech Thursday. From the economy to his thoughts on infrastructure, the border and climate, there were several key takeaways for agriculture.
From 2020 with only a few farmers participating to covering millions of acres in 2023, Taranis says it wants to help retailers and farmers understand every decision with analytics via its AcreForward technologies.
Steve Cubbage provides insights on the five areas expected to have the biggest impact on agriculture this year.
Don’t take equipment to fields too soon and create headaches that will linger all season. While you wait for the right timing, consider doing prep work and projects that can help set you up for yield success.
Don’t pull the radiator until you’ve replaced the radiator cap.
Through the Frontier Fields program, a select group of farmers will document their experiences with a biological product over the course of a year.
Edgewood Locker got its start in rural northeast Iowa in 1966. The business now spans over three generations, and it’s largely thanks to Joan Kerns who helped start the family business that’s now seen phenomenal growth.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension photographer Sam Craft was in the Texas Panhandle documenting the aftermath of the largest wildfire in Texas history, and the aid and support for fire victims.
Steve Cubbage says the upcoming farm bill could decide if the U.S. gets a taste for Europe’s recent farmer protests.
Steve May is a big believer in data and what it can do to help improve efficiency and productivity in a farm operation. May uses AFS Connect to make more informed decisions.
Douglass Steiger celebrates his 90th birthday as two new green Steigers roll off the line.
To go truly big-time, John Deere needed an unfettered pipeline to a particular resource: steel.
Four-dollar corn dominated discussions, but farmers remain open to new innovations and machinery as spring planting and the promise of a new production season beckons.
The 2017 Tax Act temporarily raises estate tax exemption, impacting farm estates. If it expires, large farms with gross cash income between $1M and $5M would see the largest increase, rising from 2.8% to 7.3%.
The startups will be featured in a pitch event at Farm Journal’s Top Producer Summit Feb. 5-7 in Kansas City
The study’s team has found inputting excessive heat and cold data into their model slowed plant growth, though the heat proved to be a larger issue for the plant.
“Our goal is simple: use traits to help plants grow deeper roots,” says Cquesta CEO Michael Ott.