INPUTS
From fragile Wisconsin ground to deep Illinois prairie, Andy Benson and Ryan Frieders are adapting their soil-management practices to keep inputs working effectively, yields improving and their respective farms on course for a brighter future.
Increasing numbers of corn and soybean growers are looking for lower-cost inputs to preserve and protect yields.
Sentiment in the July Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor is improving and no one sees the downturn deepening, but interest rates, elevated input costs and corn’s shaky price outlook still cloud the path to 2027.
Fritz Haber found the means to both feed and kill the masses, unleashing a surreal chain of genius, suicide and Nazi atrocities, all toe-tagged to the wildest contradictions in history.
Researchers estimate a glyphosate ban could cost Illinois corn and soybean growers $300 million to $609 million a year.
Heightened tensions in the Middle East are creating renewed Strait of Hormuz uncertainty. Josh Linville explains why fewer vessels, rising risks and global uncertainty could drive fertilizer prices higher for fall.
Analysis of 2023–2025 prices found U.S. growers paid more for nearly every seed and crop protection category examined.
The company says the action is needed to preserve domestic production, but major commodity groups argue the trade case will come at farmers’ expense.