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How to turn gravel into gold: Meet Jordan Caldwell, a composting king hellbent on ROI.
In an 8-million-acre hoodwink, Gregor MacGregor stole the lifesavings of hundreds of farmers and sent scores to their deaths.
Thomas Atwood dropped a hornet’s nest down his stepmother’s dress and unleashed an epic tale: 7’ giants, snuff-chewing women, hymnal chunkers, cash hordes, and entrepreneurial geniuses.
Turning manure into gold, sticky-fingered Ray Brewer pulled off a twisted agriculture heist.
Former Top Producer award winners reveal their management goals for the year ahead.
Purchase one of three available bundles (one corn and two soybean) and receive free glyphosate or glufosinate. Plus 0% financing. That’s the offer Conduit is putting in front of farmers Nov. 25 to Dec. 2.
“The agricultural economy is inherently cyclical, and ag lenders are navigating the changing conditions across the sectors they serve,” said Jackson Takach, chief economist of Farmer Mac.
Three things make this outreach unique in the ag retail business.
For the first time in at least 20 years, the volume is greater for loans >$1 million than loans <$1 million.
Two factors add up to alternative storage paying off.
Michael Ballard faces $120,000 in fines for allowing his farm manager to live on his agriculture operation.
Newton succeeds Terrain founder, Don Close, who will continue with the organization as a cattle and beef analyst.
Two con men sold farmers $50 million of fake organic fertilizer in a staggering heist reaching every layer of the ag industry.
Two Oklahoma con artists stole the savings of farmers across the Midwest in one of the wildest scams of agriculture and business history.
People can make better decisions for their farm and find firmer financial footing for their operation when they are able to see the potential ramifications of their decisions, says one industry leader.
A quick summary of farm machinery and ag tech news you might have missed if you weren’t paying attention.
The math and mental gymnastics to truly understand how much risk your farm can handle can be exhausting, but it can be calculated with enough what-if scenarios.
In early January, Illinois crop budgets were revised for 2024. Farmers are predicted to lose $135 to $160 per acre for corn and $20 to $107 per acre for soybeans. What’s a farmer to do when news is a punch in the gut?
Titan’s program, Diesel Camp, hosted 9th and 10th grade high school students at four community and technical colleges in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota to foster interest in diesel mechanics.
Ensure your farm business attracts and retains employees
More than 50% of farmers intend to grow their operation, based on responses in Purdue’s February 2023 Ag Economy Barometer. If you’re thinking about scaling your farm, it’s important to first ask these questions.
Tending to the fertilizer needs of a field means assessing the past, present and future in order to hit the profitable and environmentally sound bull’s-eye.
In your quest for high yields, nothing is more crucial, or more difficult, than managing corn’s most important nutrient.
As we continue to remove some of the uncertainty with corn and soybean crops, what would be your downside objectives for both December corn and November soybeans?
When cash flows are tight and profit margins are difficult to achieve, any additional analysis can benefit your decision-making process.
You can sell quite a lot of things on eBay – but you can’t sell corn and soybean bushels. You can sell them on a website called FarmLead, however. The online grain marketplace, which was started in Canada in 2013, hopes to expand significantly in the U.S. this year.
Little by little, farmers are getting the information they need to piece together their crop insurance coverage for the coming year.
While controversy surrounds sporting events and athletes, AgDay host Clinton Griffiths shares his thoughts on finding common ground.
While the Christmas dinner table isn’t the place to discuss succession planning, Top Producer Seminar is!