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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.
Crop protection and numerous other ag products are in tight supply and prices are trending higher. What does that mean for farmers? Keep an eye on this page for continuing coverage from the Farm Journal team.
As old crop corn closed well above $7, and old crop soybeans well above $15, the market volatility was on center stage this week. But history shows the price highs for new crop corn and soybeans may not be in yet.
Freezing temperatures, frost and cold weather are testing theories about the yield benefits of ultra-early planted soybeans. Agronomist Missy Bauer says soybeans are surprisingly hardy.
A Farm Journal Pulse Poll reveals what farmers think about Biden’s goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030.
Soil is beginning to give up its many secrets on the role played by microbes in promoting sustainable food production.
A boon in commodity prices is creating higher demand for everything from tractors to seed tenders. The long tail of the pandemic is creating a strain on the supply chain, and now demand has outpaced supply.
In a venture to produce cleaner energy, big oil is turning to soybean oil. In April, Phillips 66 announced an investment in a soybean-processing plant in Iowa.
Consider using those slower hours to ponder how your summer and fall can be new and improved.
Research shows that success with conservation practices is optimized with a targeted, stepwise approach.
After several years of challenging weather, Ohio farmers are dodging snow and cold temperatures to put corn and soybeans in the ground. According to USDA, roughly 8% of those crops are now planted.
As farmers work to get the 2021 crop in the ground, some inputs are facing severe strains. While glyphosate and glufosinate are in short supply today, one retailer says fungicides and insecticides are next.
What does your personality have to do with your entrepreneurship? Field Work hosts Zach Johnson and Mitchell Hora explore the traits of successful business founders.
Plastic-based products and materials are in short supply as rising costs also deliver sticker shock on many farm supply products. From demand to production shortages at plants, the problem first popped up last summer.
John Phipps wraps up his three-part series on the impacts and implications of the worldwide microchip shortage by talking about the possible impacts on the future.
The tool estimates performance results and dollar value of BASF products versus competitive products and rebates.
While corn and soybean prices continue to march higher, farmers are making progress getting the 2021 corn, soybean and cotton crops in the ground.
Secretary Vilsack flatly denied there is any effort by President Biden to reduce meat consumption to meet proposed cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. “Sometimes in the political world, games get played,” he said.
When hunter Michael Bennett bought eight pigs at a sale barn, the wheels began turning on one of the most bizarre feral hog stories on record, and unleashed questions over guilt, innocence, and state power.
Based on a Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) survey, 58% of farmers who planted cover crops reported they saw soil health benefits in under two years.
The economics of planting forest buffers—a zone of trees between farm fields and streams—have been documented through decades of research and real-world experience of local farmers.
Such products can help prevent or ward off pathogenic fungi and bacteria and, in some cases, be paired with conventional disease-control measures.
Most months John Phipps provides a book review for Top Producer. Here are some of his favorites from the last few years (in no particular order).
This week AgriTalk’s Chip Flory joins Signal to Noise as the new co-host. He and Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer discuss the 30x30 plan, the bipartisan outlook ahead of Biden’s 100th day in office and more.
Fill out the form to access three sessions covered carbon markets and carbon sequestration.
Carbon markets offer both economic and environmental value to farmers. Are you ready to seize this evolving opportunity?
In the rush to get corn and soybeans in the ground, keep in mind some principles that can help your crops get a strong start this season.
Ryan Yates, managing director of public policy for the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), says while the plan sounds simple, there are still a lot more questions than answers regarding what the plan truly means.
On a day when U.S. corn futures went limit-up on supply and demand concerns, Washington talked about idling millions of additional lands via various programs.
Domestic demand and use of dairy products continues to increase. The news comes as the U.S. continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stephanie Kelton’s introduction is not great writing or fully explanatory, but it is the best guide to real-world fiscal and monetary policy today I have read.