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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.
There’s less fiber and post-gin cottonseed to supply byproduct markets
Timing and location are crucial when applying phosphorus to crops. Depending on soil type and condition, application should parallel plant needs to utilize space and tools available.
Good data is the cornerstone of zone management. Management zones must be identified and not created, advised presenter Isaac Ferrie at the 2015 Farm Journal Corn College in Heyworth, Ill.
An unprecedented scale of seed information is available to growers. Rolling back the curtain on seed performance is no longer the sole realm of breeders and scientists, but is wide open for growers and agronomists.
NRGene unravels crop genomes to produce accurate, cost-effective DNA sequence
It’s a weather package delivered right to a grower’s doorstep.
What’s around the bend for precision agriculture? A new information-packed report from the Context Network carries significant implications for growers, retailers, industry professionals, and ag companies.
Granular, a software and analytics company that provides a farm management platform for farmers, is one company leading the charge to offer producers new software tools.
In a huge expansion of their precision agriculture presence, Topcon has scooped up Digi-Star, a leading ag company related to weight sensors and control systems for equipment manufacturers.
When buying and transporting used equipment, pigweed has been known to tag along for the ride.
Green Sense Farms of Portage, Ind., is removing weather from the farming equation and scrambling to meet demand.
Peter Blezard believes the most significant technological leap in agriculture for 100 years is waiting on the cusp of farmland -- nitrogen fixation. If he’s correct, agriculture may have an opportunity to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use by 50% in all major global food crops within a decade.
Neonicotinoid loss would carry mammoth consequences for farmers
The weed battle merges herbicides with cultural practices
What do Bt-resistant pink bollworms found in fields in India have to do with U.S. agriculture? A lot.
Read about the latest upgrades and options in several irrigation systems.
When buying seed, yield potential, disease resistance and stress tolerance are top of mind. Seed companies also add seed purity to that list.
Management zones are the foundation of a good soil fertility program. Uniform fields are a rarity, and growers need to manage land according to soil variability.
Cover crops are a bustling industry within agriculture, but, the cover crop drumbeat is also met with skepticism or opposition, and some producers point toward the fallacy of blanket acceptance.
Switching part of your acres to no-till is as simple as just parking the tillage tractor, right? Maybe not. Here are a few considerations before trying no-till for the first time.
Collecting across-the-board data is increasingly important for the sustainability and success of your business, but it doesn’t have to be a monumental task.
As an Illinois farmer, you know that long-lived farm businesses learn to thrive in an ever-changing environment.
When farmland draws a premium, you’d expect the soil to be in good shape, right? More landowners are considering fertility clauses in their farm leases to ensure tenants don’t suck the soil dry.
Biofuels groups have high hopes a Biden Administration will get the RFS back on track. But an announcement just days on the job seems to showcase a Biden Administration’s push for electric vehicles instead.
Spilled blood never dries. Roughly 175 years after the mysterious death of Jane Story Perryman, the farming matriarch rests in forgotten solitude.
What does everyone want? Tractors in good condition, with low hours, often 10 to 20 years old. Why? The price of new equipment just keeps going up every year.
A conservation plan basically means writing down how to use a farm’s natural resources in as detailed a fashion as you can.