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Margy Eckelkamp

Margy Eckelkamp is an award-winning journalist who serves as the Editor of The Scoop magazine, Top Producer magazine, and The Daily Scoop newsletter. She also the host of The Scoop Podcast and is a key contributor to AgWeb and other Farm Journal publications.

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“What excites me the most about this is it really opens the potential for farmers to be price makers and not price takers,” Mitchell Hora says.
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Carbon’s Next Chapter On The Farm
“If you raise 200 bu. corn with a CI score of 0, that’s $1.57 per bushel and an extra $314 in value. Now, the ethanol plant isn’t expected to share 100%, but it could be 25% to 30%,” says Paul Neiffer, a farm CPA.
September 26, 2024 08:59 PM
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The company says these new products balance crop production needs with environmental stewardship to increase yields responsibly and efficiently.
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Helena’s Two New Brands With A Sustainability Focus
The company says these new products balance crop production needs with environmental stewardship to increase yields responsibly and efficiently.
September 26, 2024 08:34 PM
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Corteva is on track to have $1 billion franchises in insecticides, fungicides and herbicides.
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Four New Crop Protection Products From Corteva Agriscience
Corteva introduces three herbicides and one biological to be added to its lineup of crop protection products.
September 26, 2024 08:28 PM
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See & Spray Premium is available for John Deere model year 2018 and newer self-propelled sprayers in the U.S., which have factory-installed an ExactApply System or an ExactApply Performance Upgrade Kit and are on 15” or 20” spacings with a steel boom.
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John Deere Introduces Its First Add-On See & Spray Kit
See & Spray Premium is available for John Deere MY 2018 and newer self-propelled sprayers in the U.S. with factory-installed ExactApply System/ ExactApply Performance Upgrade Kit, steel boom and 15” or 20” spacings
September 26, 2024 08:24 PM
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“The modem, along with the G5 Universal displays and StarFire 7000 Universal receiver, provide customers with a pathway to the future of precision ag,” says Ryan Stien, marketing manager for John Deere.
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Precision Ag Updates from John Deere
“The modem, along with the G5 Universal displays and StarFire 7000 Universal receiver, provide customers with a pathway to the future of precision ag,” says Ryan Stien, marketing manager for John Deere.
September 26, 2024 08:23 PM
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Over-The-Top Dicamba Cutoff Dates For 2023 Are Set
With two recent announcements the EPA has approved labels for over-the-top dicamba applications (XtendiMax, Engenia and Tavium herbicides) in 2023 in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
September 26, 2024 08:20 PM
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“Gene editing is the analog to digital moment for agriculture,” says Rory Riggs, co-founder of Cibus and newly named CEO of the merged company.
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Gene Editing Merger Focuses, Accelerates Trait Licensing
“Gene editing is the analog to digital moment for agriculture,” says Rory Riggs, co-founder of Cibus and newly named CEO of the merged company.
September 26, 2024 08:14 PM
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The Rover is a four-wheeled semi-autonomous platform Mineral has developed over four years.
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Mineral: Applying Silicon Valley ‘Superpowers’ To Agriculture
Mineral CEO Elliott Grant says, “Five years from now, I would hope the tools we imagine, a machine learning enabled co-pilot for example, is no more remarkable than using Google Maps for navigation.”
September 26, 2024 08:13 PM
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In 2021, the industry marked its 100 year milestone. And now heading into its 101st year, Andrew Moore highlights these five trends as key drivers in the industry’s future.
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Ag Aviation: 5 Trends Carrying the Industry Forward
“Although it’s a mature industry—it’s a progressive one,” says Andrew Moore, CEO of the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA).
September 26, 2024 08:08 PM
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“If we cut 20 seconds on every fill, and we do 50 fill ups in a day— we save 25 minutes,” Cody Ray says. “That could be another 10 acres a day.”
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Ag Retailer Fills Need and Finds Niche with Drone Spraying
“If we cut 20 seconds on every fill, and we do 50 fill ups in a day— we save 25 minutes,” Cody Ray says. “That could be another 10 acres a day.”
September 26, 2024 08:07 PM
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