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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.
Whether seed, fiber or cannabidiol (CBD), hemp growers share a colossal commonality: They are all learning on the go.
Without exaggeration, every facet of agriculture is affected at some level by automation. In 2019, three significant technologies are making noise on U.S. farms.
Derek Martin has transformed a 6,000-acre farming operation from an input-guzzling leviathan to a profit-per-acre force.
An old concept gets a new chance to combat weeds
Arkansas Crop Per Drop irrigation contest recognizes winners
Agricultural leadership programs are churning out a crop of the best and brightest, while yielding benefits to farm, community, and the agriculture industry as a whole.
Bouncing from the science of genetics to pure joy, Jimmy Cassell is the rarest of hunters
In 2019, three significant technologies making noise on North American farms include the DOT Power Platform, AutoCart, and SmartCore.
GrainCoat is a grain marketing tool designed for tracking inventory, and aimed at simple data entry and crop projection for multiple years: inventory, offers, contracts and management in one app.
New machine to stop in states with legal hemp programs, removing infrastructure barrier
Nebraska grower credits biological cocktail, management for 163.9-bu. farm record
AgLaunch panels evaluate innovations from all areas of the industry
Jason Mauck is a man obsessed with farming efficiency: A true maverick, apostle of relay cropping and farmer fueled by love of family, Mauck is bringing change to agriculture, one row at a time.
Randy Dowdy’s soil death is no mystery, insists the Georgia producer, and now a federal inspection report appears to back his claims of soil damage on record-breaking farmland due to pipeline construction.
Dumas, Ark., farmers and businessmen are pooling efforts to build a better future for their community
Gather a group of farmers under one roof and throw in a cover crop bone. The divergence of opinion is marked, the passion of supporters is palpable and the discontent of skeptics is striking. Cover crop supporters are confronted with issues related to costs versus measurable returns, while skeptics are faced with pointed questions over soil health benefits and long-term gains. These seven farmers, some on opposite sides of an invisible agriculture fault line, share their experiences with cover crops.
The age of marijuana farming in the U.S. has arrived, although most farmers are caught on the sidelines. As individual state cultivation barriers topple at a dizzying pace, U.S. agriculture’s billion-dollar dance with marijuana has begun and there will be no strike of the clock at midnight.
A Trump wall made of hemp is far from reality, but the concept reflects the remarkable promise of a once-maligned crop emerging in the marketplace.
Jimmy Frederick attributes 163.9 bu. soybeans to seed population, spacing and biologicals. Essentially, he says the booming yields were established when the planter rolled.
Willie Benedetti says he is within his rights to retire and build a house for his son. Marin County officials say otherwise.
Kentucky farmer leads by example on a vertically integrated operation.
The life of a tenacious young man was cut short by an undiagnosed virus
Whether crops, rocks, fossils or Native American artifacts, Terry Springer is a farmer possessed by his dirt.
Giles Shell’s hemp venture is paying dividends for his farm in Garrard County, and he hopes the entire state of Kentucky.
