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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.
A federal court has vacated the Biden-Harris administration’s rule that listed the lesser prairie-chicken as an endangered species.
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Seizing on a paperwork violation and over $500,000 in fines, DOL agents hounded a fourth-generation farm into collapse.
While some scouts saw a big corn crop in the making in South Dakota, yield and pod counts came in below Pro Farmer Crop Tour numbers from 2020. Results from the eastern route peg corn at 185.69 bu. per acre, beating the tour record of 185 bu. set in 2021.
Pro Farmer Crop Tour’s first night reports record yield potential in South Dakota and a more variable crop in Ohio.
Marion Calmer is renown for his corn harvesting innovations. The fourth-generation Illinois farmer also has a wealth of practical knowledge about how to take more beans to the bin — and freely shares some of his insights and ideas here.
Love is in the Air: How a 13-Acre Corn Maze in Ohio Turned Into a Larger-Than-Life Marriage Proposal
Tim Sullivan had a grand idea this spring: turn his family’s corn maze into a 13-acre marriage proposal for his then girlfriend Caroline. With the help of local farmers, his dream became a reality: flying her over the corn maze to create an epic proposal.
The Steiger 785 Quadtrac also holds strong value with Connectivity Included, a three-year/2,000-hour warranty and a simplified SCR-only emission system.
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Farm CPA Paul Neiffer says in the short-term it means two things: a focus on government payments and tougher conversations with ag lenders.
The manufacturer says decreased demand and lower order volumes for its farm equipment are the main factors for this wave of dismissals.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced a plan to build a facility near Edinburg, Texas. It will be capable of producing 300 million sterile flies per week to combat New World screwworm and is estimated to be in production in one year.
USDA doesn’t survey actual fields until next month, which means Pro Farmer Crop Tour is the first time scouts, across a wide geography, will actually step into fields and see if the crop is as good as it looks from the road.
A roundup of machinery news that includes a new leader at AGCO’s PTx, Farmall utility tractors and a new round baler from Case IH, and an updated forage harvester series from Claas.
Congresswoman Erin Houchin (R-IN) has brought forth a bill that directs the FCC to incorporate USDA farm field location data into the national broadband map.
“Today’s farmers are running complex businesses, and they need tools that work as hard as they do,” Kevin Still, President and CEO of Keystone Cooperative said.
Elevated levels of the disease are trending currently, and are of ‘serious concern’ over the next eight weeks, say researchers.
With at least four weeks left in the growing season, Ferrie encourages farmers to stay ahead of heavy disease pressure in fields, particularly in what he calls D hybrids — those that punch their yield card late-season.
A WARN notice has been removed after showing layoffs of nearly 1,000 employees at Deere’s East Moline location.
The National Corn Growers Association has issued a call to action to Congress and the Trump administration to help find demand for the 16.7 billion bushel corn crop.
One concern cited is that USDA tends to aim too high with its August yield estimates, based on what the data shows from the past decade. The other concern is how strong demand will be, given corn carryover projections.
The farm equipment auction world is seeing a wave of farmer interest in hay tools, loader tractors, lower-cost machines and specialty niche equipment, like sugar beet harvesters and hay bale steamers.
This means the Conduit brand will not continue, and it clarifies the focus for the entity going forward—no longer offering crop inputs and other farmer-facing products, but rather solely offering ag retailers financing products and platforms to be extended to farmer customers.
A smart technology purchase starts with asking the right questions — so you can invest with confidence instead of impulse.
This alternative storage tool can give your farm a little wiggle room to play the futures markets and capture more return-on-investment this fall.
Corn yield estimates in seven counties surrounding the community of Bloomington indicate farmers there will harvest an average crop, at best. That’s counter to what USDA predicts for Illinois yield results statewide.
If USDA predictions hold true, a massive U.S. corn crop is on the way.
Farm Drone News: AgEagle Multispectral Sensor, GPS Satellite Launched and Rantizo Spins Off Software
A quick roundup of recent news from the world of agricultural drones and allied industries.
Now farm tractors, combines and sprayers can be configured so there is no impact on engine power for up to 36 hours when a DEF system malfunction occurs, and a farmer has up to 100 engine hours at 25% power reduction before a 50% reduction takes hold.
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