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The new facility will produce 950,000 short tons of ammonia annually, and it’s been a project discussed for over a decade.
The company said the sustainability division would be embedded in its core businesses, rather than a stand alone unit.
“I’d hate to be the farmer who, because of a later-season application, meant an entire bin of soybeans was going to be condemned.”
If there’s one factor to watch in the farmland values equation today, it’s the ag economy.
Farm CPA Paul Neiffer says in the short-term it means two things: a focus on government payments and tougher conversations with ag lenders.
“Today’s farmers are running complex businesses, and they need tools that work as hard as they do,” Kevin Still, President and CEO of Keystone Cooperative said.
Fifty-three percent of agricultural economists surveyed in the July Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor say the row crops side of agriculture is currently in a recession, which is down from the 72% who responded that way in May.
Two global factors could break the trend, while a focus on efficiency could bring short-term opportunities for farmers
Letting go of these ideas can help farm leaders adopt a more thoughtful, flexible approach that strengthens their operation and empowers their team.
Company leaders point to five highlights making them bullish on the future of its crop science divsion.