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4 Tips To Identify The Best Aerial Applicator
4 Tips To Identify The Best Aerial Applicator

The National Agricultural Aviation Association shares what indicates a professional aerial applicator.

Don't Skip This Important Step In Weed Control
Don't Skip This Important Step In Weed Control

Herbicide + oil adjuvant = improved active ingredient uptake by the plant and heightened weed control performance.

Precision Technology Advancements In Aerial Application
Precision Technology Advancements In Aerial Application

Agricultural aviation is a key component of precision agriculture - treating about 28% of U.S. cropland each year.

Water: Your Friend Inside And Outside The Spray Tank
Water: Your Friend Inside And Outside The Spray Tank

If a new active ingredient herbicide were discovered today, it would be at least 10 years before it could be sold in the market. Making better choices now can be a forecast for your farmers’ fields.

14 Fall Ammonia Season Safety Reminders
14 Fall Ammonia Season Safety Reminders

Check the condition of the trailer as well as the tank prior to pulling out onto the roadway.

Digital Enablement: Which Kind of Digital Adopter Are You?
Digital Enablement: Which Kind of Digital Adopter Are You?

Sideliners. Cautious Pragmatists. Finish-Liners. Journeyers. The four segments of digital adopters. Which one are you, and how do you move forward on your digital journey?

Dust Storms Shouldn’t Happen in the Corn Belt
Dust Storms Shouldn’t Happen in the Corn Belt

The recent soil dust cloud catastrophe in central Illinois is a wake-up call from Mother Nature suggesting all of agriculture needs to implement more sustainable production practices. We owe it to future generations.

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Digital Enablement: What’s Holding Us Back?

Here are the 3 misconceptions that stand in the way of unlocking the path to value.

Digital Enablement: Overcoming Labor Constraints by Enabling the Amazing People You Already Have
Digital Enablement: Overcoming Labor Constraints by Enabling the Amazing People You Already Have

Delivering value to customers and differentiating from the competition requires good technology solutions that amplifies your people.

Soybean Harvest Is Just Beginning in Brazil. Here’s What the Crop Looks Like
Soybean Harvest Is Just Beginning in Brazil. Here’s What the Crop Looks Like

After a week in Mato Grosso, the AgResource team estimates a final yield estimate of 60.3 bu. per acre, which is 8 bu. more than CONAB’s current forecast.

Digital Enablement: From Challenge to Opportunity
Digital Enablement: From Challenge to Opportunity

Leading ag retailers empower teams, enhance experiences, and exceed expectations with digital enablement solutions

How Conservation Farming in Southwest Nebraska makes Sunny Heights Farm Viable
How Conservation Farming in Southwest Nebraska makes Sunny Heights Farm Viable

“Everything we do is conservation minded for water and soil erosion, and there is no incentive for that except the viability of our farm,” says Tracy Zink. “And if we don’t do that, then we won’t be here.”

How an Arkansas Farmer Found Counsel for Climate-Smart Practices to Grow the Best Crop
How an Arkansas Farmer Found Counsel for Climate-Smart Practices to Grow the Best Crop

Lawrence M. Conyer attributes his conservation practices, including cover crops and minimum till, to his ability to manage his land to be resilient and to grow his operation at scale.

 Farmer Collaboration Contributes to Next-Generation Technologies
Farmer Collaboration Contributes to Next-Generation Technologies

Companies like Corteva Agriscience are delivering new products and innovations to help meet the needs of farmers working to maximize food production on every acre.

Conservation Practices With Customization
Conservation Practices With Customization

Cover crops, conservation tillage, irrigation optimization, fertilizers and pesticides all have a fit on Rondo Farms, but only when they're right for the land, the agronomy and the financials.

Ag Retail’s Biggest Mistakes Today
Ag Retail’s Biggest Mistakes Today

"In ag retail we need to get comfortable with the fact that digital tools and infrastructure are not only here to stay, but an essential differentiator for your business indefinitely," writes Shane Thomas.

The Next Era of Ag Gains
The Next Era of Ag Gains

"Agriculture labor is one of those funny challenges that sounds almost boring at first but once you dive in, you realize it’s one of the most fascinating parts of our industry," writes Tyler McGee.

Ag Data’s Achilles Heel
Ag Data’s Achilles Heel

"It is getting better, but also there isn’t just one answer either in how to work with data," writes Nathan Faleide.

The Power Of Technology To Bring Positive Change
The Power Of Technology To Bring Positive Change

"As we think about what technical developments will propel agriculture forward (broadacre row crop), what will NOT change can be an interesting framework, instead of the latest buzzword or trend," writes Rhishi Pethe.

Climate-Friendly Rice Provides Missouri Farmer a Price Premium, New Carbon Credit Income
Climate-Friendly Rice Provides Missouri Farmer a Price Premium, New Carbon Credit Income

McKaskle Family Farm finds ways to prove additionality in their long-standing regenerative operation.

Interested in Conservation Stewardship? Check out this Opportunity in Five States
Interested in Conservation Stewardship? Check out this Opportunity in Five States

America’s Conservation Ag Movement has a new opportunity for 10 farmers (two each) based in Arkansas, California, Indiana, Maryland and Nebraska.

'Farming Weird' Gets Pushback but Deserves Respectful Consideration
'Farming Weird' Gets Pushback but Deserves Respectful Consideration

It's easy to knock something you know little or nothing about. Farmers who are working to adopt conservation practices on their operations face ridicule routinely. Yet their efforts now could help us all in the future.

Op-Ed: What’s Driving Fertilizer Prices and What Can Be Done
Op-Ed: What’s Driving Fertilizer Prices and What Can Be Done

TFI shares in recent months, higher global natural gas prices have had an impact on fertilizer prices. The greatest challenge to global fertilizer production now is in Europe, where natural gas prices have quadrupled.

Wisconsin Farmer Shares Climate Positive Tips For Producers, Trusted Advisers
Wisconsin Farmer Shares Climate Positive Tips For Producers, Trusted Advisers

A series of extreme rains prompted the Clark family to change the way it operates their farm and begin integrating more regenerative practices.

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Help Your Growers Manage Their Data

Sitting through hours of presentations related to sustainability and carbon markets, a list of key data emerges as critical to document

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Why Futureproofing Ag Means Reassessing Our Cultures

As experienced agronomists adapt to new ways of communicating with customers, a new generation is now tasked with getting to know much of their customer base remotely going forward.

3 Field-Based Learnings about Precision Ag and Sustainability
3 Field-Based Learnings about Precision Ag and Sustainability

Sustainability is being built as a separate pillar of focus within most every agriculture-related organization today.

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Are You Getting Full Use Out Of Your Drone?

Good quality drone video and imagery can help your marketing stand out from competitors. “Drones help us highlight the best of a property, and also highlight the things we need to improve,” says Tim Cobb.

Uncertain Times Create Opportunities for Agribusiness Owners
Uncertain Times Create Opportunities for Agribusiness Owners

Volatile markets and uncertainty create some windows of opportunity as many growth-focused businesses hit their stride and make game-changing shifts.

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My Road to Using Cover Crops

Brian Doerr recently introduced regenerative agriculture practices, including cover crops, on his family's Nebraska farm. He details his decision-making and implementation steps here.

Saving Our Soil…One Billion Microbes at a Time
Saving Our Soil…One Billion Microbes at a Time

Soil is beginning to give up its many secrets on the role played by microbes in promoting sustainable food production.

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100 Years of Ag Aviation

August 3, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of an experiment in Ohio when lead arsenate dust was spread over catalpa trees to kill sphinx moth larvae

Good Fortune Is Often Disguised As Good Execution
Good Fortune Is Often Disguised As Good Execution

The few ag retailers who track and separate inventory purchasing gains and losses from product margins and operating earnings know precisely how speculative inventory purchases impact actual operating results.

Rural Internet Program Pairs Oklahomans With Cellular Hotspots
Rural Internet Program Pairs Oklahomans With Cellular Hotspots

Oklahoma State University Extension has accepted the challenge of tackling a pervasive lack of rural internet connectivity.

 Pollinator Habitat Fits Farmer’s Sandy Soils And Delivers A ROI
Pollinator Habitat Fits Farmer’s Sandy Soils And Delivers A ROI

This Indiana farmer says pollinator habitat practices are effective at reducing costs, establishing a year-round cover that protects the soil from erosion, protecting water quality, as well as providing wildlife habitat.

Build Customer Loyalty
Build Customer Loyalty

Develop successful strategies around the company’s focus

One Farmer’s Experience with Pay-for-Performance Conservation in the Lake Erie Watershed
One Farmer’s Experience with Pay-for-Performance Conservation in the Lake Erie Watershed

By compensating farmers per pound of nutrient loss reduction, pay-for-performance conservation motivates farmers to find the most cost-effective ways to reduce nutrient losses for their specific fields.

Farmer Mental Health Highlighted in University of Nebraska  Extension Workshop Series
Farmer Mental Health Highlighted in University of Nebraska Extension Workshop Series

By prioritizing mental health, the Nebraska Extension program aims to support the sustainability of U.S. farming operations, laying the foundation for a resilient ag industry for generations to come.

Q&A: Regenerative Ag Trends With Dirt To Dinner’s Lucy Stitzer
Q&A: Regenerative Ag Trends With Dirt To Dinner’s Lucy Stitzer

Walmart and Danone are among the companies announcing public commitments to help farmers transition to regenerative agriculture systems. Here’s what that means for producers, says Lucy Stitzer, Dirt to Dinner founder.

Define The Value  Of Service
Define The Value Of Service

Unbundling unlocks the need for a new strategy

Handling of Inoculants Can Directly Affect Yield Outcome
Handling of Inoculants Can Directly Affect Yield Outcome

There’s a lot to know when it comes to retailers properly storing, handling, and applying pea and lentil seed inoculants.

SCN Defense: Why The Best Time to Invest in New Technology is Now
SCN Defense: Why The Best Time to Invest in New Technology is Now

The team at Nufarm says the 2021 crop season is offering plenty of reasons to bank on the ROI potential of Trunemco.

Farmers Must Prioritize Resilience as Climate Volatility Grows, Research Says
Farmers Must Prioritize Resilience as Climate Volatility Grows, Research Says

Retired American Farmland Trust researcher Ann Sorensen shares steps she says producers—and researchers who serve them—can take to proactively integrate conservation into their farms as severe weather risks increase.

Farmers Must Prioritize Resilience as Climate Volatility Grows, Research Says
Farmers Must Prioritize Resilience as Climate Volatility Grows, Research Says

American Farmland Trust's Ann Sorensen shares steps she says producers—and the researchers who serve them—can take to proactively integrate conservation into their farms as severe weather risks increase.

The agricultural supply chain has demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of substantial disruption, but the ag sector’s digital transformation journey is far from complete.
Moving Beyond The Promise Of Big Data

The ag sector has talked about the (broadly) unrealized potential for Big Data for years. Frankly, it’s been tiring. We’ve seen a lot of talk about its promise when the infrastructures are in place to deliver on it.

Create A Continual Improvement Strategy
Create A Continual Improvement Strategy

A well-run benchmarking program can be a tool in your toolbox to guide your strategic plans and track your progress. When looking into benchmarking programs, here are five considerations.

Three Conservation Ag Insights from Illinois Farmer Craig Swartz
Three Conservation Ag Insights from Illinois Farmer Craig Swartz

By sharing his agronomic practices with fellow farmers, Swartz helps them identify practical, cost-effective ways they can enhance conservation stewardship on their respective operations.

Your Business Valuation: Finding Answers In An Uncertain World
Your Business Valuation: Finding Answers In An Uncertain World

We never have absolute certainty, but we may have a drop more than we did on Nov. 2.

With the new tool, Illinois farmers can predict how much nitrogen loss they might prevent using a cover crop such as cereal rye—and also assess field conditions to manage covers alongside cash crops such as corn and soybeans.
New Cover Crop Tool Assesses Field Impacts For Illinois Farmers

Illinois farmers can predict how much nitrogen loss they might prevent using a cover crop such as cereal rye—and also assess field conditions to manage covers alongside cash crops such as corn and soybeans.

6 Anhydrous Ammonia Reminders
6 Anhydrous Ammonia Reminders

From IFCA: This week is sure to be a busy one with ammonia application in central and northern Illinois. Here are a few reminders to keep foremost in your mind in working with ammonia...