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United Prairie, winner of The Scoop’s 2024 Business Innovation Award, is prepared to take a leap of faith if it means bringing the best innovations to its customers.
“Nexus takes the foundational power of AgVend to the next level by serving as the “App Store” for our Partner Retailers,” says Alexander Reichert.
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Rotor Technologies will begin shipping its autonomous application helicopters next year. Sprayhawk features a 110-gal. tank and can cover 240 acres per hour.
In the third quarter, farm income and loan repayment rates weakened.
A trifecta of high input prices, high interest rates, and depressed crop prices have Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) bringing focus to the economic stress for farmers.
Purchase one of three available bundles (one corn and two soybean) and receive free glyphosate or glufosinate. Plus 0% financing. That’s the offer Conduit is putting in front of farmers Nov. 25 to Dec. 2.
At the same time, USDA has given HB4 wheat, which features a trait for drought tolerance, the green light for development.
After being in the market alongside each other for four years, Truterra will begin offering Indigo Ag carbon programs, and Indigo Ag science will back Truterra’s carbon measurement.
“The agricultural economy is inherently cyclical, and ag lenders are navigating the changing conditions across the sectors they serve,” said Jackson Takach, chief economist of Farmer Mac.
“We are offering coverages in a way that has never existed before,” Vishaal Bhuyan says.
Following diminishing valuations in 2023 and layoffs, the indoor vertical grower is reportedly closing its doors and laying off its employees, according to a PitchBook report.
Three things make this outreach unique in the ag retail business.
The October Monthly Monitor reflects cautious optimism in certain areas of agriculture, marked by export strengths and potential price recoveries, but shadowed by long-term rebuilding challenges, weather dependencies and the impact of the upcoming election.
The $700 million deal frees AGCO up to focus on its machinery and precision ag technology products.
Tune in to the Build Better Boards Podcast starting Monday, Nov. 4.
Co-founder and CEO of AgVend Alexander Reichert shares how ag retailers are looking to digitally enable not just the customer experience, but also have best in class tools for their sales, marketing, finance, and procurement.
For long-term success, farm leaders should regularly assess the landscape of their operation and adjust their strategies accordingly.
“One of the principles of a cooperative is to collaborate with like-minded organizations,” said Jason Weirich, executive vice president of operations at MFA Incorporated.
“There are some things that we’ve adopted over the years that really aren’t particularly useful and I think in some cases even detrimental to our performance,” says Dave Mitchell.
In celebration of National Ag Day and National Ag Week, the 2023 Feeding the Economy report shows just how vital the industry is to U.S. families, communities and the world.
In 2017, Bob Recker kicked open the door on 60” row corn, and exposed a ton of questions on sunlight capture, weed suppression, cover crops, and much more.
Moisture levels are going to be all over the board when combines roll this fall. In high-moisture situations, a few simple combine adjustments can minimize grain damage.
corn headers and soybean auger and draper platforms for harvest
No component on a combine functions independently; the header, feeder house, thresher, separator, cleaning fan and straw chopper all interact with effects that can reach all the way to planting.
What work in agriculture will be revolutionized by artificial intelligence (AI)? Ryan Raguse, chief innovation officer and co-founder at Bushel, expects AI to bring further insights, replace repetitive tasks and more.
Mark Faust outlines five strategies used by top leaders during turbulent times.
The number of total cases this year is also less than the 5- and 10-year averages.
In short, Judge Sarah Pitlyk said the plaintiffs failed to make a case the ag input companies violated U.S. antitrust law.
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