“Our mission is to provide a single platform for accessing data and analytics to create more profitable and sustainable crop plans,” says Jay McEntire, Arva’s CEO.

“The goal of BeanWise is to take the guesswork out of it, and let the crop do the talking, says Dan Scheetz, Helena Product Manager for eastern Iowa and northern Illinois.

The company says it plans to help “decarbonize the farm and food value chain and enable farmers to earn additional revenue through positive climate action.”

Whether the mercury is too high or the rain gauge too low, those producers who have already put away the planter now play the waiting game. And as always, the stakes are high.

The Ag Credit Survey from the KC Federal Reserve shows strong profit potential for farm borrowers is helping support a second consecutive quarter of increasing farm incomes, loan repayment rates and farmland values.

Strategic acquisition will establish a European presence and grow Ginkgo’s Codebase of large-scale protein production capabilities