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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.
When it comes to standard operating procedures (SOPs), farm businesses should never improvise. Guesswork takes time and creates risk, both of which rob productivity and decrease safety onsite.
Despite precision agriculture getting its start decades ago, the majority farmers aren’t fully using their farm data today. Just as technology has transformed agriculture, harvesting data could do the same.
In August 2020, the Midwest saw a storm like never before. The derecho uprooted lives, devastated crops and exposed weaknesses in many farm structures, namely grain bins.
Having a solid financial plan for the future of your family and your farm is not a new idea. However, understanding all the elements of a long-term farm plan and knowing how to start can be challenging.
As rains swept portions of the Corn Belt still parched and searching for rain, not every area of the country saw rain relief. The spring planted wheat crop is still suffering from too much heat and not enough rain.
Phillip Tomlinson’s farm is everything—and nothing: “I do everything I can to take risk off the table...but I’m driven by an eternal perspective, otherwise my life was only as good as my farm or last crop.”
Farm Journal announced that country music star Easton Corbin will headline the live 2021 #FarmON Benefit Concert during Farm Journal Field Days. Proceeds will go to the National FFA Foundation.
While a rush to judgment is underway, Extension and company representatives say report suspected herbicide drift damage to state pesticide agencies.
U.S. inflation rose 5.4% in June, marking the highest annual rate since 2008. However, some good news may be on the horizon as a survey shows economists expect inflation is to ease off historic highs later this year.
Democratic lawmakers are renewing the effort to end what they call “factory farming,” while livestock groups like NCBA call the legislation a jumbled mess.
Heat and dry conditions aren’t helping the wildfire situation in the West. Right now, 67 large fires are burning across the U.S., scorching nearly 918,000 acres in 12 states.
Fire risk is a huge danger for many farms, but it is never too early to prepare. Learn basic prevention techniques to minimize your chances of being impacted by wildfires.
Winter weather might be fun for the kids, but for farmers it can be the exact opposite. Learn what you can do to plan ahead for the dangers of winter weather on the farm.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation that would increase access to gasoline with a higher ethanol blend, after a recent court decision knocked down a rule that had allowed expanded sales of E15.
Weather problems with Brazil’s second corn crop have sparked a spate of companies exiting their contracts, causing what some call the biggest wave of export cancellations for the world’s No. 2 supplier in five years.
Calling entrepreneurs and agtech startups! AgLaunch and Farm Journal are pleased to open applications for the third Row Crop Challenge
Rural America continues to see strong economic gains. For the eighth straight month, the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index remained above growth neutral.
How hot is the market for good condition used tractors? Travel back with me to a July 8, 2021, farm retirement auction for Leon and Susan Hoffman in southwest Minnesota for your answer.
The shipping snafus are gaining steam, as congestion along one major rail system now causing shippers to halt the hauling of ocean shipping containers from the West Cost. That’s as ocean freight costs jumped 333%.
Corteva Agriscience has a robust number of products it expects to introduce to U.S. farmers between now and 2023 for use in more than 10 crops.
Machinery fires are no fun for farmers. Learn how to keep your machinery cool this summer.
Equipment failure can be costly to production efficiency on the farm, but thermal imaging can help. From mortors to electrical wiring, thermal imaging works to save you time and money.
Find out why farmer/rancher and Farm Journal TV and radio personality, Andrew McCrea, considers Pivot Bio PROVEN™ to be a big game changer for growers.
Kansas State University student Blake Chance had a problem on the farm. After taking an entrepreneurship class his freshman year, he created a solution; one that turned him into an entrepreneur at a young age.
China’s multi-story hog buildings are highly talked about. And while it seems efficient, there’s one burning question: where does all the manure go? John Phipps answers viewers’ questions in Customer Support.
USDA announced Tuesday “Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program,” or PLIP, to help compensate livestock and poultry producers who were forced to depopulate their herds due to processing issues during the pandemic.
California growers are speaking up about what the drought and water shortages mean for agriculture, California and the U.S. As crops are demolished and trees die, growers say farm workers are also out of work.
USDA is authorizing emergency procedures to help agricultural producers, who are impacted by extreme drought conditions, receive payments quicker.
As farmers in the West experience record-breaking heat, the continued extreme drought conditions are also taking a toll on growers, crops and livestock, with pasture and range conditions worsening.
AgriTalk’s Chip Flory and Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer unpack Biden’s new executive order, including new rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act, “Product of USA” labeling and more.