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Founder of Channel Bio Corp, which later sold to Monsanto, Funk is re-launching the NC+ brand for western corn, soybean and grain sorghum growers.
“When springs like this come along, I don’t get down. I get motivated, motivated to show myself that I can overcome this, that I can get it done.”
In 2016, corn and soybean farmer Jim Backes learned he held the keys to unearthing a legend that had haunted his town since its founding.
“For us, the biggest benefit will be getting an early look at these emerging products. For the startup, we are able to give them real-world testing and farmer feedback.”
Wilbur-Ellis helps growers with almost two dozen crops in the Coachella Valley and already has a retail location in Coachella, Ca. offering crop scouting, crop protection products and custom application.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue cleared up some of the cloudiness on Friday in an interview with AgriTalk host Chip Flory.
Following the trade aid announcement earlier this week, farmers were left with more questions than answers.
Here are five tips in using technology to make scouting easier and more effective.
While the program has been expanded to include several crops not included in the 2018 aid, farmers will only be paid on crops planted, which makes already fraught prevent plan insurance decisions all that more difficult.
One submerged within 10 seconds and the other broke apart after making contact and also sank.
In a letter sent to Democratic leaders in Congress on Wednesday, President Trump urged lawmakers to approve the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement before taking up infrastructure legislation.
The approach to sustainable agronomy requires crop advisers and farmers use a systems approach, according to Lee Briese, a crop consultant in North Dakota.
“Constraints beget greater innovation—not just because innovation is good but because it is a requirement for survival.”
USDA squashed Bloomberg trade aid rumors Tuesday afternoon.
Helena Agri-Enterprises is working with farmers to meet the nutritional needs of their crop in alternative ways.
Ensuring crops are stress tolerant and disease free can help minimize risk and optimize yields, and it begins as soon as crops are planted.
Precision agriculture suffers from its own crumbling infrastructure.
While some support the President’s trade tactics, others don’t.
A fraud case that has already netted guilty pleas from a grain broker and three Nebraska farmers has also forced a Missouri farmer to plead guilty to involvement in fraudulently selling organic grain.
Grain marketing is a vital component of a profitable farm operation and is one of the top challenges farmers wish they could overcome. That’s according to a new report from FarmLogs.
For the first time since November, the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) fell below growth neutral.
Kahler is the first automation software company to offer such a bundling.
The retaliatory tariffs ranging from 10% to 25% on $60 billion worth of American goods will go into effect June 1, unless an agreement is reached before them.
Governor’s May Revision proposes $5.7 million in new funding to support the transition to safer, more sustainable alternatives
Analysts warn it could be a very long time before this trade tit for tat is in the rearview mirror.
Mike Wilson, Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) and Specialty Products Coordinator, Wabash Valley FS says sustainability applies to environmental and economic factors.
The absence of trade deals has the potential to be “catastrophic” in the U.S. and transform some agricultural markets permanently, according to the one of the largest global machinery makers.
Jay Vroom, who retired last year as CEO of CropLife America, has been tapped to chair Farm Journal’s Trust in Food initiative advisory board
The company has a fleet of more than 100 drones and airplanes, and its sensors can capture clean usable images at 35 mph with a drone or 100 mph with a plane.
Farmers sign agreements every year to plant patented seed—a practice those outside the ag industry frequently question.