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The 9 Row Crop Challenge startups will spend a week preparing for Farmer Investor Pitches and participation in 2021 AgLaunch365 programming

Before EPA's October 27 announcement, Bayer and BASF had each announced several new products, including seed and chemistries, that relied on dicamba’s approval for full use.

Advanced Agrilytics aims to provide a new view and new way to deliver spatial agronomic recommendations.

With just days remaining in the 2020 presidential campaign, farmers and ranchers responding to the Farm Journal Pulse continue to show a strong preference for retaining President Donald Trump.

At the 2021 ARA Management Academy, ag retail managers, agronomists and sales professionals will come together to analyze current issues facing their organizations and find success in this ever-evolving industry.

The reality is rural America seriously needs a better broadband plan, and it is time for a louder voice before this next round of money becomes dust in the wind.

The study found that U.S. light-duty and freight vehicle consumption of ethanol and biodiesel could decline up to 90 percent to 1.1 billion gallons and up to 61 percent to 0.8 billion gallons, respectively.

Paraquat is a non-selective weed control commonly used for burndown applications, and it’s effective on resistant weed species such as ragweed and Palmer Amaranth.

A look at the ag issues that are driving the presidential campaigns across rural America.

Richard Gupton and two industry experts will be on a panel at the ARA Conference. The virtual event takes place Dec. 1 and 2, and this session will be a deep dive on what the industry needs to focus on moving forward.

Seven of America's top cattle operations were honored for implementing practices that make them true stewards of land, air and water resources.

The best way to protect animal well-being? Allow farmers to make farm and animal-specific decisions on animal care, says NPPC's Michael Formica. Although the Meat Institute's lawsuit was dismissed, the fight's not over.

Halloween 2020 may look a little different, but regardless of what your community says about trick-or-treating, there is no reason why your kids shouldn’t have fun dressing up this year.

A recent study sought to provide farm managers a better understanding of the opportunities for earning storage returns and the strategies for doing so that best fit their operations.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are helping revive rural communities through the Rural Fellows Program, a program planting seeds of hope and a future vision.

Pent up demand could drive farmland values higher.

As founder and CEO of Atticus, Randy Canady applies an intense focus on how his company delivers crop protection options to ag retailers and farmers.

Harvest continued last week at a solid clip for most of the U.S. Crop Watch producers. Three more of the 16 subject fields were completed, and just two fields remain.

Join us now for new early riser sessions on input buying, grain storage, how to build your own planter and more every Tuesday at 8 a.m. Central.

Join us now for new early riser sessions on input buying, grain storage, how to build your own planter and more every Tuesday at 8 a.m. Central.

In line with the recent survey sent to 1,168 NAICC members and annual meeting attendees, the NAICC Executive Board voted to forgo any type of annual meeting or trade show in 2021.

Coronavirus restrictions have forced the American Farm Bureau Federation to switch to an all virtual format for their 2021 convention in January.

A drone delivering bacon turned heads in Galesburg, Ill., earlier this month when it stopped at Lacie Ball's home to bring her and her two young boys a package of bacon.

Live events and online content combine to deliver information and resources when farmers need them most.

This past summer, IFCA had to cancel their popular summer equipment show, the Midwest Ag Industries Expo (MAGIE), which is normally held the third week of August each year.

AgDay's Clinton Griffiths hosted a forum with representatives from both presidential campaigns.

After a Dukes of Hazzard-style jump on a backroad, Matt Griggs escaped a wild combine accident, and the Tennessee farmer is insistent: His survival was not by chance.

In this role, Bob will be working directly with customers in western New York and Pennsylvania. He will report to Scott Janes, Eastern Regional Sales Manager.

Effective Oct. 1, 2020, Bob Walters has accepted the role of Chief Executive Officer.

The 165’ diameter bin will have a capacity up to 2.2 million bu., and is located at Golden Grain Energy, an ethanol plant in Mason City, Iowa.

On October 5, Frontier Cooperative broke ground on a new fertilizer terminal in Syracuse Nebraska.

The average farm real estate value for the U.S. is $3,160 per acre in 2020.

In his role as Lead Agronomist, Swenson will head up agronomy services for the organization and their customers

Here are 10 reasons to go “All in For Ag Retail” at the 2020 Virtual ARA Conference & Expo

Anuvia is on the cusp of its commercial production--more than 400,000 tons from its plant in Florida.

A blacked-out John Deere tractor is running the rows, courtesy of Robert Precht, one of American agriculture’s true mavericks.

Bayer’s Crop Science Division’s Future of Farming Dialogue has changed from an in-person event to a virtual series.

The Fertilizer Institute released the Fertilizer Industry Economic Impact Study, highlighting the importance and economic contributions of the U.S. fertilizer industry to the national, state and local economies.

A good farm manager will immediately want to understand the goals for a piece of farmland today and into the future.

Producers Cooperative Association, an agricultural supply cooperative serving the Brazos Valley and Central Texas, has joined the expanding CommoditAg network.  

All parties interested in farmland are invited to join these two membership organizations for a six hour seminar packed with valuable information for land professionals.

The NAICC says the processes that are currently employed for a pesticide to come to market make the U.S. the world leader in determining the safe use of chemicals. 

MACA President Tim Riley presented the Association’s most coveted award, the Dean Roy Achievement Award, to Jaime Yanes, Albaugh, LLC.

The Growmark System is growing its endure sustainability initiative in 2020 and beyond to promote positive environmental change in all of the communities we serve.

With the simple goal of streamlining the grain marketing process to make more informed and profitable decisions, Grainbridge offers four key features

U.S. agricultural commodities trader and processor Cargill Inc has acquired a soy processing facility in eastern China via a judicial auction, expanding its crushing capacity in the world’s top soy consuming nation.

BRANDT Specialty Formulations has added two new territory sales managers, Cody Massey and Nate Britt, to its North American Ag sales team, covering the US Pacific Northwest and Canada.

In the latest The Scoop podcast, Danielle Sikes Nelson of the Agricultural Retailers Association shares an update on CFATS—the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard.

The MACA Educator of the Year Award was presented to Dr. Charles (Chuck) Rice, Kansas State University.

Atticus formed six unique divisions across the United States, driving focus within markets and geographies. The new alignment more effectively ensures every product is relevant to the issues impacting each unique crop.