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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.
University of Nebraska economist says some flooded farm fields could be lost for good. U.S. Farm Report’s marketing discussion talks about the impacts 2019 flooding could have on 2020.
Stress in 2019 has pushed many U.S. farmers to the brink as ag organizations join the conversation and offer help.
When you hear the term ‘organic’ it likely evokes some kind of strong emotion. For consumers, it’s a positive reaction, but for many conventional farmers it provokes animosity.
Farmers along the Missouri River and its tributaries are bracing for more flooding the week. Heavy rainfall, combined with excess water from South Dakota, is a bad combination for a river that was already high.
Is using the Exchange Traded Fund to avoid grain storage fees a viable option? John Phipps answers a viewer’s question in this week’s Customer Support.
“If we have five different soil types, why do we go out and put out a flat rate of nitrogen?” Eller adds. “You’re leaving top-end yield on the table and overfeeding the under performers.”
The USDA announced today producers participating in federal crop insurance who have a payable prevented planting indemnity for 2019 will automatically receive an extra payment
The Enviratron – along with researchers at Iowa State University - are lifting the veil on factors that could impact the future of farming, testing various weather extremes and the impact on plants.
Added connectivity can help improve farmers’ productivity.
As farms change hands, rural internet access improves and reliable online options increase, virtual shopping for inputs is expected to continue to grow.
ADM and Syngenta recently reached a settlement regarding the Viptera lawsuit.
New corn traits will reach farmers faster.
Newly-formed international holding company Palindromes Inc., is taking its first step into the U.S. market with its majority stake in Schillinger Genetics, LLC. Schillinger is best known for non GMO soybean genetics.
You know as well as the next farmer fertilizer is critical to promote healthy, high-yielding crop growth.
Syngenta’s latest fungicide recently gained approval from EPA. Miravis, which includes five products for various crops, is a caboxamide fungicide (SDHI mode of action) active ingredient called Adepidyn.
Farm Journal wants to help you address your agronomic management and technology use this season with its 2018 Yield Tour program.
Syngenta recently announced it purchased FarmShots, Inc. of North Carolina. FarmShots provides high-resolution satellite imagery on its eight million enrolled acres.
Thanks to production issues in Argentina, U.S. soybean producers are experiencing higher soybean crush levels when compared to recent years. USDA projects domestic crush is up 3.6% from this past marketing year.
If the trend continues at the same rate over the next two decades, America will “face a future with too few farms,” say leaders at the American Farmland Trust.
Climate Corporation’s Climate FieldView is partnering with AgWorks, DroneDeploy, MyAgData, Sentera and Skymatics to provide new capabilities within its platform.
Thursday the Missouri Department of Agriculture changed the Special Local Needs labels for new dicamba products.
USDA’s latest crop progress report is painting a grim picture for Kansas wheat this year with 13 percent rated good to excellent, and 44 percent is considered poor to very poor.
For high yields, corn crops needs nitrogen throughout the growing season.
It’s been hot and steamy across the Corn Belt the past couple weeks, but as you drive down the I-55 corridor, uniform fields show promise for a record corn crop in 2018.
Bayer sold its Bromacil herbicide business in the U.S. and Canada to AMVAC Chemical Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Vanguard Corporation. This deal is not related to Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto.
DLF Pickseed (DLF), a global turf, forage and other crop seed provider, recently purchased Wisconsin-based La Crosse Seed. Financial details were not disclosed for the deal.
This past week Deere & Company took legal action against Precision Planting and owner AGCO Corporation, claiming the companies infringed on 12 John Deere patents. These patents relate to the ExactEmerge platform.
Scientists have already warned that climate change likely will impact the food we grow. But new research is showing that climate change is expected to accelerate rates of crop loss due to the activity of insects.
It’s a wet and soggy morning in Indiana as crop scouts there get Day 2 of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour underway.
Temperature increases during dry periods outpace average climate warming, say researchers at the University of California, Irvine. They point to concurrent changes in atmospheric water vapor as a driver of the surge.