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Weather Outlook: Warmer-Than-Normal Start to Fall
Weather Outlook: Warmer-Than-Normal Start to Fall

Bret Walts of BAM Weather predicts the transition to a colder pattern will be later in September and into October.

Retail Industry
Post-Pandemic Meat Processing Plants: Survival of the Fittest
Post-Pandemic Meat Processing Plants: Survival of the Fittest

A recent study analyzed the probability of meat processing plant survival, finding that business diversification is most important for smaller plants and local context is more important for larger plants.

Joelle Orem
Retail Industry
Purdue Study: Grain Entrapments Rise to Highest Level in a Decade
Purdue Study: Grain Entrapments Rise to Highest Level in a Decade

Purdue reports a 40.7% increase in U.S. Agricultural Confined Space-Related Injuries and Fatalities from 2021 to 2022.

Joelle Orem
Retail Industry
Climate-Smart Collaboration: Researchers Put Soil “FRST” With USDA Grant
Climate-Smart Collaboration: Researchers Put Soil “FRST” With USDA Grant

Farmers and crop consultants will be able to select a soil type, crop type, geographic region, and soil test extractant on the FRST website to receive unbiased soil test recommendations.

Joelle Orem
Retail Industry
Rural Heroes: John Deere Supports Volunteer Firefighters With Documentary Film
Rural Heroes: John Deere Supports Volunteer Firefighters With Documentary Film

John Deere and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have joined forces to support the new documentary film “Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat.”

Joelle Orem
Retail Business
Q&A With Jackie Applegate, Bayer President of North America Crop Science
Q&A With Jackie Applegate, Bayer President of North America Crop Science

Jackie Applegate began her journey in 1992 as the only female chemist at a Bayer manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Mo. Since then, she’s held a variety of global roles.

Joelle Orem