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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.
Young farmer’s freakish 218.2856 bushels per acre are the highest yielding soybeans in farming history.
USDA’s August WASDE report increased both the corn and soybean yield and production estimates. The soybean scenario is for a record yield and production number, which sent soybean prices sliding lower since the report.
A new Kansas City Fed report shows farm incomes continued to weaken, particularly in crop-heavy states like Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, while cattle prices provided some support.
The annual charity show at the Iowa State Fair is inching close to $6 million in donations to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Iowa since its inception in 1983.
July 2024 sales of four-wheel drive tractors increased 19% over last year’s data, and Firestone Ag expands its farm tire portfolio.
These family-owned operations are taking control of their futures, one grain at a time
Recessions often lead to decreased demand for certain agricultural products, particularly those considered discretionary, such as cotton, dairy, specialty meat products and vegetables. This can result in lower prices for these commodities, affecting farmers’ revenues.
Soil Scientist Outlines New Soil Health Focus for Company
Landus is in president and CEO Matt Carstens’ blood as his family members sat on the board of directors of one of the farm cooperatives that merged to form Landus
Here is the link to the anonymous two-minute survey for you to share with us what’s happening in your ‘neck of the woods.’
Corn breaks long-term support areas on higher yield ideas
Crop conditions remain strong, and analysts expect USDA to adjust corn and soybean yields higher in Monday’s report.
Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit released their benchmark farmland values report showing a 2.4 percent decline in cropland values.
One of these conditions is the requirement that all eligible crops must be insured. This stipulation has led to some farmers being required to pay back ERP funds if it was found that even a single acre of marginal land was not insured, even if that land was not planted with a crop.
Beginning Sept. 1, Cargill will transform from five enterprises into three: Food, Ag & Trading and a Specialized Portfolio, the memo said.
Landus says farmers are always first. Here’s what they are doing to build the cooperative of tomorrow.
As harvest nears in the Midwest, there’s a lot of chatter about corn and soybeans still in storage. Let’s see what farm country has to say.
These days Keith Vodrazka works for an entrepreneurial startup with big plans and different leadership challenges than he experienced during his time in big agribusiness.
FSA says these changes will increase opportunities for farmers and ranchers to be financially viable.
Heinen Brothers Agra Services will be the first U.S.-based service provider to deploy Pyka’s Pelican Spray drone.
It’s not often you hear of a farmer using virtual reality or an artificial intelligence chatbot on the farm, but coupled with real-time data through OpsCenter, this Arkansas farmer is truly taking technology to a new level.
As the fires rage, the extent of cattle losses is unknown and the loss of valuable grazing ground, currently more than 1.1 million acres, is cause for concern.
EPA has launched investigations into the supply chains of at least two renewable fuel producers amid industry concerns that some may be using fraudulent feedstocks for biodiesel to secure lucrative government subsidies.
A company aims to detect yield robbers differently, and as such is finding early funding a bit differently than the norm—finding investors in farmers alongside traditional investor sources.
PJ Haynie has a unique set of challenges, but he is taking his stumbling blocks and turning them into stepping stones.
Yield losses of 10 bu. to 35 bu. per acre are common in affected cornfields, especially where farmers have a later-planted crop and in those fields with L2 hybrids.
Walz’s selection is seen as a strategic move to appeal to rural voters and progressives, given his track record of progressive policy achievements and his Midwestern charm.
Machinery Pete says it could be dangerous to rely on past equipment sales patterns
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Rooted crops, dead calves, strafe-bombed pastures, and a father-son team pushed to the edge by a wild pig plague.