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“We need not to be in denial about the toll stress and worry can take on our health and its impacts on our short- and long-term performance and health,” writes Grant McMillan
To further bolster ARA’s impact in Washington and reinforce its policy priorities, ARA members conducted close to 100 meetings with congressional offices during a five-week period in March and April.
“We just finished the in-depth testing with retailers on this product, and as has been our process, their feedback and really helped drive the improvements and new features we are offering,” Kevin Krieg says.
“The goal is to get beekeepers and producers registered through FieldWatch so applicators can get accurate information before spraying,” said Curt Hadley, Business Development Manager, FieldWatch.
From tech analyst Shane Thomas, “The consistent topic I have brought up when writing about Farmers Edge has been around execution.”
“Compared to 10 years ago, this segment of the market is up—significantly. With new technologies, new products and the understanding of crop fertility issues, it’s all added up,” says Tim Swanson.
A survey of land pros find Iowa cropland values soared 33% higher versus year earlier.
The recent action means Enlist One and Enlist Duo can now be used in all counties of Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.
SurePoint designs and manufactures liquid fertilizer application and spray tendering systems, and anhydrous and irrigation injection equipment.
Cotton growers have a convenient new tool to battle nematodes in-furrow with Averland FC nematicide/insecticide/miticide from Vive Crop Protection.
Rhizo-Flo is a unique and leading soybean inoculant designed to deliver high concentrations of viable and effective Bradyrhizobium cells and ultimately improved yields.
Ethan Noll shares the future of digital ag is about scaling down with sensors and autonomy. Such as an irrigation tech saving $29/acre on crop nutrition inputs.
Bill Northey will be succeeding Joel Brinkmeyer, who will be retiring on May 1, 2022.
Solinftec’s new robot built to scan and monitor fields is being used by the team at Growmark in the 2022 season from planting through harvest.
Canada’s Minister of Labour Seamus O’Regan Jr, who mediated the talks, said normal operations will continue at CP during the arbitration period.
The Scoop podcast is featuring interviews with our 40 Under 40 awardees.
Kendra Meisgeier, a precision ag specialist with River Valley Cooperative, talks about the first two years of the co-op’s grower portal,
The formal inquiry by the Canadian Competition Bureau started in October 2019.
On Wednesday, Nutrien said it plans to increase potash output by nearly 1 million tonnes this year to about 15 million tonnes.
The company said: “More than two weeks have passed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. From the outset, we have utterly condemned this brutal aggression against a sovereign country.”
“MBI and Bioceres have a shared culture of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. With complementary R&D capabilities, the combination unlocks many additional possibilities.”
In 2021, the agency reported it received 3,500 dicamba-related incident reports, including approximately 711 incidents in Minnesota and 528 incidents in Iowa.
Brett Bruggeman highlights how WinField United is eyeing the changes to be made to prepare for the future.
On March 10, the membership of Progressive Ag Cooperative approved its unification with MKC by a majority of 85%. Progressive Ag Cooperative and MKC will officially unite on May 16, 2022.
Randy Stubblefield, CEO, United Farm & Home Cooperative, comes on the podcast to talk about a recent merger and how that’s changed his business as well as the opportunities in working with the new generation.
For machine operators/applicators, the top two ways to increase annual salary were to have another year of experience and have a positive attitude. For sales agronomists, it’s meeting bonus goals and increasing duties
Driverless solutions such as OMNiPOWER provide a solution to: Labor constraints. Short harvest windows. Increased yields due to reallocation of resources.
It is clear the current administration sees the USDA and its influence over domestic agriculture as critical to fight climate change. What is not so clear is the definition of a “climate-smart” commodity.
Patrick Ligon, a crop advisor in Good Hope, Illinois, with Simplot Grower Solutions, shares his favorite part of his job is when a farmer reaches their yield goals, and how others have served as great mentors.
Barrett Rowsey, a sales agronomist at Mid-South Farmers Co-Op, joins the podcast to talk about the year ahead and how he says it is “crucial to stay in front of the people you want to sell to.”