Cost of Production
Rising costs could lower fertilizer rates in 2022.
In 2007, Casey Kimbrell pulled the handbrake on life, questioned the fundamentals of agriculture, and determined to topple the assumed pillar of farm function—debt.
Adam Chappell’s farming operation is transformed, and the 41-year-old grower doesn’t mince words: It was all about the money.
Rick Clark farms butt-naked and reports savings of $670,000 per year on diesel, synthetic nitrogen, potash, lime, MAP, and chemistry.
CF Industries said a shortage of nitrogen fertilizer means the world could see a reduction in global crop yields next year. With fertilizer prices continue to race higher, what’s the cure? Ag economists weigh in.
In one of the most heavily ignored and needless catastrophes in recent U.S. history, 548,000 acres of the Mississippi Delta were silently swallowed in 2019 and submerged for five months.
If pasture, rangeland or forage is important to your farm’s success, insurance could be a valuable risk-management tool.
From nitrogen to glyphosate, prices are posting 100% to 300% increases right now. Some farmers say they can’t even get retailers to price product until the inputs actually arrive at the retail facilities.
The fertilizer industry is swarmed with Black Swan events. From the impacts of Hurricane Ida to political issues entangled in a cobweb of production slowdowns in Europe and China, prices could surpass 2008 highs.
A peculiar southeast Arkansas farmhouse conceals an obscure treasure of agriculture, grit, and ingenuity behind its walls—a 19th century steamboat.