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The Supreme Court decision is expected to shift more interpretive power to the courts.
Since 2020, a series of black swan events in just a few years time resulted in sporadic product shortages and concern about how to react and plan for the future.
A quick summary of farm machinery and ag tech news you might have missed if you weren’t paying attention.
Corn is at all different sizes in parts of northwest and north-central Iowa, where heavy moisture levels are taking a toll. That’s not the case for southeast Illinois where farmers have seen little moisture.
Could reducing your soybean seeding rate increase profit per acre by $40? In the right situation, yes. Make it a priority to dial in population, row width and plant characteristics for each soil type and planting date.
Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas are participating in the voluntary pilot program. Additional testing for the virus is also underway in aged raw-milk cheese, cream cheese, butter and ice cream.
Floodwaters breached levees in parts of Iowa on Tuesday, with more flooding anticipated for Wednesday. The damage to row-crop and livestock operations is likely significant, according to state officials.
As the country gets ready for the first presidential debate of the 2024 race, Tyne Morgan and Clinton Griffiths invited D.C. insider Jim Wiesemeyer on Unscripted, their new podcast, to discuss what he’s hearing.
The largest feedyard north of the Rio Grande is under construction allowing Blackshirt Feeders to combine data, technology and innovation in a closed loop aligning dairies and semen providers with the feedyard.
The idea of venture capital is not commonly discussed in coffee shops across farm country. In terms of ROI, investing a small amount of capital or services at the earliest stage is the most valuable investment.
A new 75,000-square-foot green ammonia fertilizer production and distribution facility is online in Boone, Iowa. The modular plant creates 82-0-0 anhydrous ammonia from air, sun, and water.
Crop conditions continue to fall as extreme weather plagues this year’s growing season.
The new 6M tractor can be customized to provide farmers large tractor features - such as integrated connectivity and Intelligent Power Management - on a midsized machine.
Brian Geerlings recently bought a used sprayer and upgraded it with a See & Spray kit. He says weed control can cost $20 to $30 per acre, so being able to see and only spray weeds delivers a big savings.
USDA’s June Acreage report tends to be a major market mover. Ahead of the report, we asked economists to weigh in on where think the acreage numbers could land in the report set to be released June 28.
Rootless corn syndrome, nitrates, carbon penalty, waterhemp woes and tar spot are bearing down on corn and soybean crops now. The good news? You can take action so they aren’t a drag on crop performance all season.
Farm machinery industry news briefs and notes for the week of June 23, 2024.
From differences within Title I of the new farm bill to possible ways both the Senate and House Ag Committee are working to find more funds, U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke one-on-one with AgriTalk this week.
As of mid-June, nearly 20 counties across four states have already reported fields with tar spot. Timing fungicide applications will be critical to keep the disease from getting out of control.
From a Buckeyes cheerleader to farmer to farm-fluencer, Zoe Kent explains her journey on Grow Getters.
South Africa and Nigeria, two top beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, should be better markets for U.S. pork, says Maria Zieba, NPPC vice president of government affairs. Here’s why.
Resistance and continuous corn are boosting populations of this yield-robbing pest.
The Federal Reserve voted to keep the benchmark interest rate steady despite a sticky inflation proving to be a challenge. Where could interest rates go? A conversation with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Chicago Fed.
An Iowa farmer has turned tragedy into triumph, protecting the crash site where the iconic Buddy Holly died in a cornfield.
The latest Federal Reserve board meeting left interest rates unchanged, but there’s a subtle shift in its monetary policy Vince Malanga, president of LaSalle Economics, says should be noted.
The first of the company’s Prime product line, Envelix is a biological mixed into granular fertilizer before application to allow for simple integration into a grower’s established practices.
Block out time for crop scouting so you don’t neglect it. Any management and time you lavish on your corn crop as it goes through the pollination period is time well spent, says Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist.
Here’s how to get the biggest ROI from your layers of data — and use the information to spot issues in time to improve this year’s crop.
USDA’s corn and soybean ratings are down again this week amidst extreme weather events across the country.