Soil Health
By tying soil-health data to actuarial risk, Michigan hopes to build a crop insurance model that rewards resilience and could eventually scale beyond the state.
From inaccurate dry measurements to unseen water issues, simple mistakes and overlooked details could be neutralizing your crop protection investments.
Ken Ferrie leads the unsponsored, two-day event focused on crop fertility ROI, weed management and making the 4Rs pay in tight markets.
The new order aims to scale regenerative practices and speed up EPA pesticide approvals, but ag retailers worry the MAHA influence could bring unnecessary redundancy to chemical regulations.
How one farmer’s soil health success funded a community-focused business.
Sidedressing is often the best opportunity in-season to address corn nutrient needs, but Ken Ferrie urges caution if you plan to go with “blind sidedressing” before the crop emerges or at spike. He offers three considerations.
Platform helps identify program stacking opportunities to diversify income from the land and make sure “the juice is worth the squeeze.”
Using crop diversity, conservation tillage and a contract-first mindset, the Ruddenklau family works to keep their operation moving forward.