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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.
You know soil testing is important, but do you know what to look for when the results come back?
A new tool to determine if expanding your on-farm grain storage will pay off, and in how many years.
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture-capital firm that has backed technology companies including Facebook Inc., is investing in Farmers Edge, a Canadian provider of satellite imagery and analytics to farmers.
A new northern Illinois historical marker will honor the work of a man who was among the first in the U.S. to advise farmers on soil and crop production.
CHS Inc. announced Friday that it is moving forward with a plan to build a $3 billion fertilizer plant near Jamestown, using abundant natural gas from North Dakota’s oil patch as a feedstock.
As farmers harvest their corn crop this year, they might want to look carefully to see what else—namely, marijuana--might be growing among their cornstalks.
The clock is ticking on fall fertilizer decisions. A trio of factors—a wet spring, yields on pace to set all-time records and low corn prices—place a premium on making tough choices for 2015 crops even before this year’s harvest.
Farmers shared some of the topics they found useful at Corn College this summer and how they plan to use the information they gained.
Find out more information about the products mentioned in the soybean and corn pipelines.
One of the overarching promises big data holds is its potential to boost crop yields, but you will need a technology partner. Consider these suggestions as you evaluate potential partners.
See an updated seed family tree and learn more about how the top five seed companies have evolved through the years.
Gregg Sauder designs a system to listen to plant needs, identify actions and provide response tools for top yields.
Pesticide use is surging among U.S. farmers who are worried about insect resistance to Bt corn. But scientists warn that overuse of chemicals may create a worse problem down the road.
Knowing your cost of production not only helps you know where to trim expenses, but also when to lock in profit opportunities.
Farm Journal Test Plots measure yield potential for flex and fixed ear hybrids based on water, sunlight and nutrients
Financial health is typically measured in dollars and cents, but that’s not the only standard Bryan Boll uses to evaluate his farm’s well-being. Accruing nutrient-rich soil is just as vital to the future of his operation as hard currency.
Mother Nature can be your friend or foe. For a lot of farmers, she was the latter this past winter.
The environment is a driving factor when building soybean yield components and managing pests.
Watch drones in action to see how these devices could be the future of farming.
The calendar may say it’s time to get in the fields, but the soil conditions should determine our actions.
Eliminate all of the variables to drill down and truly learn what practices add up to more yield
It’s prudent to evaluate financial returns with and without high cash rent acres.
Growing conditions and available moisture obviously affect yield, but it all starts with varieties that have the genetic potential to succeed in your area.
Today’s market dynamics are triggering a fundamental shift to incorporate private products beyond what the Federal Crop Insurance Program has to offer.
What does it take to push fields to the highest yield level? For the past three years, Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer set out to answer that question.
If corn growers compiled a list of their greatest corn disease threats, gray leaf spot, northern corn leaf blight, southern corn leaf blight and Goss’s bacterial wilt would be right at the top.
For 23 years, the Farm Journal Test Plots’ mission has been to provide third-party, independent research straight from the field. Here’s a roundup of the tools used for the first time in test plots this past year.
Machinery Journal is introducing tough new tractors, how combines add capacity, and the two models joining Kubota Tractor Corporation’s.