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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.
BASF and Bosch are developing new technology for weed management. Their system photographs weeds, signals nozzles to spray and records the data in milliseconds. Farmers then get a map printout for easy reference.
Reducing herbicide usage by 97% in pre-emergence and 88% in post-emergence spraying, Greeneye Technology might be the ‘next-big-thing’ in sprayer technology.
WHAT IS OMNiPOWER™ PLATFORM? The OMNiPOWER™ platform is a mobile diesel-powered platform designed to handle a large variety of implements commonly used in agriculture, including the New Leader NL5000 G5 spreader.
In today’s challenging environment, farmland sale-leasebacks are becoming more common and potentially smart strategy for farmers.
Colorado is the first state to announce it has successfully eradicated its feral hog population. Here’s how they did it.
For 2020, the national average for cash rents on cropland is $139 per acre, which is down $1 from 2019.
The Senior Vice President of Real Estate Operations for Farmers National Company reported during the first six month of its fiscal year, land sales were up 56% over the same time last year.
The start to 2021 is showing an increase in commodity prices. From fertilizer prices to seed prices, farm inputs are also on the rise, which could include the prices farmers may pay for cash rents next year.
Key forces are converging to send farmland values higher — maybe even to historic levels.
Understand how this option fits into a rental agreement.
U.S. farm real estate values are seeing a rapid rise in 2021, with the Western Corn Belt seeing values rise at a faster pace than the East, but the storyline could change, according to Jackson Takach of Farmer Mac.
How much does it cost to rent cropland this year? According to NASS, the average price is $141 per acre. That’s $2 higher than last year, and up $7 from five years ago.
Farmland remains in a delicate supply-versus-demand balance.
The 2022 increase in values marks the largest increase state since 2014 and is the highest non-inflation-adjusted statewide land value in the history of the survey.
High prices cure high prices, but will that be the case with the record-breaking farmland prices seen in 2021 and early 2022?
Farmland sales continue to raise eyebrows and challenge—or set—records. Just look at these farmland sales results.
The stronger land prices of late 2021 continued higher through the first half of 2022.
The ‘it looked good from the road’ trend continued into western Iowa on Wednesday. In Illinois, scouts found a good crop, but maybe not the bumper crop they did last year.
Land sales continue to set records. Late last month, a farm in Plymouth County, Iowa sold for $25,000 per acre.
The state hosts “corporate farming laws,” barring corporations and limited liability companies from owning and leasing farms and ranches.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued guidance on critical industry workforce that should continue as the country addresses and responds to the coronavirus outbreak. U.S. food and agriculture was included.
Coronavirus restrictions have forced the American Farm Bureau Federation to switch to an all virtual format for their 2021 convention in January.
AgDay’s Clinton Griffiths hosted a forum with representatives from both presidential campaigns.
Even with a divided Congress, there are some issues Karla Thieman from the Russell Group thinks can still be worked through in the next Congress, but one of the biggest hurdles will be crafting a the next farm bill.
A key ag policy strategist says that rural voters reversed the 2018 “blue wave.”
With just days remaining in the 2020 presidential campaign, farmers and ranchers responding to the Farm Journal Pulse continue to show a strong preference for retaining President Donald Trump.
Who will lead the house ag committee? Is a split government good for agriculture? Get the latest election coverage here.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack for agriculture secretary, according to two sources familiar with the decision.