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Ken Ferrie gives some practical tips on how you can rely more on facts and less on your gut to reduce management mistakes and achieve better cropping outcomes.
In many areas of the Corn Belt, farmers experienced 10-to-50-bu.-per-acre yield losses from disease pressure this year, says Ken Ferrie. In a period of tight margins, timely treatment decisions were more crucial than usual.
Letting go of these ideas can help farm leaders adopt a more thoughtful, flexible approach that strengthens their operation and empowers their team.
Clay Houchin, who is second generation leadership for the 2024 Retailer of the Year Buttonwillow Warehouse Company, shares the business has evolved greatly in the past 60 years to meet the needs of farmers.
For agribusiness accounts, this new feature gives an efficient way to bring an entire customer base into digital payments.
As a leading company in seed research and production, Brian Barker joined the AgReliant Genetics team as CEO and president mid-2023.
Some growers are struggling with waterlogged fields that are producing stunted, yellowing corn. Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie offers farmers hope and help with his practical, no-nonsense recommendations.
Tony Schwarck of Riceville, Iowa, diversified his family’s crop operation with a feedlot.
The final compliance deadline for mandated electronic logging devices in U.S. trucks will arrive Dec. 17.
“It was hard to get the settlements process right, for example, but we did it,” CEO Jeff Schreiner says. “We can say we provide a seamless integration. It’s all baked in.”
“What kept me up at night was any disruption to our primary distribution hub in northwestern Illinois,” says Rod Wells, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Growmark.
When you think about acing an interview, you probably picture yourself as the interviewee. However, finding quality employees is one of the biggest challenges farmers and farm mangers face.
FMCSA announced its final rule on ag commodity hours-of-service regulations and the Senate confirmed the final two appointees to the Surface Transportation Board.
“We’ve had guys run 24-hour shifts already applying anhydrous. So far, we’ve applied 25,000 acres, and we’ve got 60,000 acres of custom anhydrous yet to do,”
The AgMRI platform provides a row by row and plant by plant view, and the newest feature is Compare View, which allows for side-by-side comparisons of field images gathered through the season.
ARA encourages users to register early to ensure enough time to complete the registration because all users must gain access to the clearinghouse once it is implemented on Jan. 6, 2020.
Treatment provides head scab control with applications as early as 50% head emergence
You can share your stand-Up success stories on social media with the hashtag #StandUp4GrainSafety
What trends are emerging in this tight labor market? The Agribusiness HR Review shows competing for talent is a challenge and companies are exploring new recruitment methods to attract and retain good employees.
Whether you are managing millennials or you are a millennial leader responsible for guiding a group of employees in day-to-day operations on your farm, generational differences shouldn’t be ignored.
Six years ago the team at CHS in Marshall, Minn., made a big investment in time and resources to get all of their processes and facilities in compliance with regulations. In January, they found out there was still some
CFATS is back in the news because the Congressional authorization for the program is set to expire in January 2019.
It’s not just about when you are using the machine, but how the machine is being used, and what’s next for that machine.
While the current ag economy is resulting in challenging times, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie says it is an exciting time as well—because there is a flood of new technology from planting to harvest.
Dan Schultz encourages ag retailers to differentiate themselves. He says just being better isn’t good enough, and retailers need to use strategy to market what is different about their business.
Putting a finer point on government regulations or providing clarity on bureaucratic language is not easy to do.