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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.
FamilyFarms Group, now known as UnCommon Farms, allowed select media behind its typically closed doors to learn more about this member-only group of family farms.
FamilyFarms Group (FFG) is unlike anything else in the ag industry, making it hard for farmers and suppliers to wrap their brains around this closed-door group.
Updated two times every trading day, Mark Gold of Top Third Ag Marketing offers up-to-the-minute analysis of the day’s market action and trends.
“Flash drought” develops in areas of Mid-South, little change in Midwest.
“Risk-off” day ahead due to heightened euro-zone concerns.
District Federal Reserve Banks release survey results.
Data bearish for new-crop corn, with wheat carryover below expectations.
Easier access for crop insurance agents means more timely service for farmer customers.
The mobile application for Tractor Forum features various forums for lawn garden, compact utility, agriculture, construction, riding, and other discussions.
Think of cropNAtion as “Facebook for farmers” – a social media platform where farmers and ranchers can connect with each other by sharing information about their operations.
From Forex On The Go Technology, this app allows free mobile MT4 trading for all new and existing Smart Live Markets clients.
Access real-time weather, market information, interactive charts, video and agriculture news
For now, state-owned reserves don’t pose a major threat to demand for U.S. soybeans.
Chicago Board of Trade Globex grain/soy futures will trade a 22-hour day starting May 14.
Margin changes due to Dodd-Frank regulations helped trigger liquidation in grain/soy futures late Wednesday, but markets stabilized overnight.
Cattle called mixed on ideas yesterday’s losses overdone.
Don’t miss the past three episodes of “Leave a Legacy TV.” The episodes feature tales of the Old West, covered wagons, and hand-picked cotton; a six year old selling fruit on the side of the road who now owns a thriving farm; and high school sweethearts who now have an exemplary farming operation.
Concerns about tight old-crop stocks resurface.
The Farm Progress Growing Degree Days application measures the maturity of your crop by viewing current and past growing degree days data for your farm’s location.
If you need crop-protection product information, Agrian Mobile has the largest, most reliable database available.
From Case IH, Farm Forum provides information about equipment, agriculture trends and more.
From Storti mixer wagons, this app will help farmers calculate the optimal feeding mix with real world data, plus stay updated on industry news and real-time market prices for milk and raw materials.
From USDA, this app evaluates nearly 100 different sprayers for droplet size under various operational setups such as nozzles, flow rates and more.
Miller Welding University awards three farmers with trips, tips and prizes.
Create simple alerts that notify you when a commodity price reaches a certain amount.
Free app from Marrone Bio Innovations allows user to calculate proper mix proportions for up to three product.s