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Ken Ferrie says fields with good soil health can have as much disease present as an unhealthy field, but healthy plants handle stress better than unhealthy ones.
Paul Neiffer reviews the important updates to the new Farm Bill proposals from the House Ag Committee.
Finding skilled labor is a major challenge. However, there are strategies farmers can use to make their operations more attractive workplaces. And here’s the good news—it doesn’t necessarily require offering higher pay.
Reid Weiland makes investments and sets outcomes for his farmland that pay back with environmental, yield and long-term metrics.
After the three-year hiatus of down markets, grains have turned positive at least in the short-term, which is the first element of turning long-term positive.
“The current lifetime estate and gift tax exemption is $13.61 million and will be cut in half beginning in 2026.”
Selective spray green on green is a new tool to help manage resistant weeds while reducing the amount of herbicides applied on a field.
After two years of consulting with farms ranging in size from 200 acres to more than 10,000 acres, Jeff Kazin and Mike Rohlfsen say they very rarely encounter a farmer with a precise answer.
There’s an immense amount of pressure riding on this year’s crop production picture, and with a margin squeeze setting in across farms, economists think it could accelerate consolidation in the row-crop industry.
“If we step back and look at what that means for farmland, we’re taking our energy production system from highly centralized production facilities and we have to distribute it,” says David Muth.