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It is with great sadness that The Andersons, Inc. announces the passing of Richard P. (Dick) Anderson, former CEO and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors. He was 90 years old.
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“We need to stimulate our youth to become involved in agriculture on a local and national level.”
The association submitted comments on multiple areas of policy.
Bob Starke spent his high school years working on farms in northwest Missouri. Today he is still “on the farm,” but his fields are far from home.
This partnership aims to provide new features on the Slingshot platform for ag retailers and enterprise farmers, which includes real-time fleet information such as work, idle and transit times.
Farmers connect, learn and share ideas in Chicago at the 2020 Top Producer Summit.
From major metropolitan areas to mom-and-pop chains, today’s grocery stories are a culinary wild west, says Christine Daugherty, vice president of sustainable agriculture and responsible sourcing at PepsiCo.
To stay abreast of emerging technologies, Kavazanjian attends industry meetings, reads industry information and networks with other farmers and researchers — connecting both in person and online.
Outrage on social media seems to be growing. John Phipps says some of the recent outrage maybe be justified, but most is not, and can be deflated with a few minutes of information seeking.
As the March 15 deadline nears, row crop producers are faced with a big decision: ARC or PLC? Experts say the answer isn’t clear for corn and soybeans, but it is for wheat or anyone faced with 100% prevent plant.
The CBD market is mature, but animal feeding studies show promise.
Adam Kramer’s consulting is focused around soil health with an eye on short-term and long-term impacts to profitability.
“One farmer granted Tillable access to their Climate FieldView data for the purpose of testing and validating the API flow,” Tillable CEO Corbett Kull says.
Coronavirus continues to be a black swan hitting the markets, with both the stock market and commodity market getting hit hard on Monday. Analysts warn more downside risk could be ahead.
It’s either going to be a boom fourth quarter for U.S. farmers, or that extra $12.5 billion in American agriculture purchases promised by China for this year isn’t happening.
“We are selling more MicroEssentials than MAP or DAP,” says Ross Bender with Mosaic. “It’s not a fad that this product has become our No. 1 product in the past 15 years. “
The Agriculture Innovation Agenda is a department-wide initiative to align resources, programs, and research to position American agriculture to better meet future global demands.
Amy O’Shea, a veteran of the agriculture, food and pharmaceutical industries joins Certis USA as President effective immediately and will assume the CEO role on July 1.
After three weeks of argument, a seven person jury in Cape Girardeau, Mo., is deliberating whether Monsanto and BASF are responsible for damages on a peach orchard in southeast Missouri.
The jury awarded Bader Farms $15 million in actual damages and tomorrow will decide an amount of punitive damages, too.
In the first case involving dicamba, a jury sided with the plaintiff and found Bayer and BASF responsible for $15 million in actual damages and $250 million in punitive damages.
It is past time that food companies and the farmers who grow the food come together and truly define what sustainability really means.
With stakes in the fight against resistant weeds at an all-time high, Bayer is adding a new tool to farmers’ toolboxes in coming years. The company says it will introduce a new herbicide mode of action.
At its 2020 Cooperative Leadership Conference, Growmark awarded its top financially performing members and retail divisions.
In 2018 IDA issued 233 warning letters and 14 notices of fines. In 2019, there have been 62 warning letters and 98 notices of fines. Fines are pretty evenly split between commercial and private applicators.
Chlorpyrifos can be used in a wide variety of crops including row crops, fruits, trees and vines. It’s restricted in some states and banned in others.
AgWorks, LLC and FieldReveal, LLC have announced a partnership to jointly deliver zone-based variable rate and decision support software to agricultural retailers throughout North America.
A Canadian federal investigation was launched after a complaint filed by startup Farmers Business Network (FBN) alleges it was unfairly treated by Bayer, BASF, Corteva and other large agribusinesses.
Former USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack won big in the Powerball Lottery.