Retail - General

Don’t let the calendar, coffee shop talk or what your neighbors are doing dictate when you head to the field. Farm Journal field agronomists offer these four tips to help you get your best start ever with #planting2025.

On Wednesday afternoon, President Trump announced a series of tariffs, scheduled to start over the next few days, on some of agriculture’s most significant trade partners. Some corn and soybean growers say they are bracing themselves for potentially more financial pain ahead.

When that corn crop comes up this spring, you want it to be green and stay green. One potential issue: if you’re using urea surface-applied, work it in right away or use a urease inhibitor. Make sure the N doesn’t gas off.

The senior senator from Iowa wants E15 approved for year-round use, fair and tariff-free trade, plus more action and a lot less talk regarding tax cuts and budget reconciliation efforts in the Senate.

Look for the sensitive areas in your fields now, advises Steve Pitstick, who farms 50 miles west of the Chicago suburbs. Be proactive and be informed, he adds, so making product use adjustments won’t be a huge lift this season.

Sec. Mike Naig says the U.S. government is using what he describes as a three-legged stool approach to address the virus in the dairy and poultry industries.

The layoffs were announced on Friday, January 17, and were effective immediately. Effected employees were said to be from multiple locations and job level.

With a strong agricultural background, Dean Williams is committed to transforming ag retail through innovation and customer-focused leadership at FBN.

Nutrien focuses its business on helping feed a growing global population “from the ground up.”

“In hockey, like retail, the puck’s always moving, and to stay ahead of the puck, you have to skate to where the puck is going. For me, this whole move to FBN was about skating to where the puck was going,” says Dean Williams.