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“We appreciate Chairman Boozman and committee members for recognizing the unique role of retailers and other agricultural businesses in the Senate’s Farm Bill, and we are committed to working with Congress and the Administration to get this bill signed into law,” said ARA President and CEO Daren Coppock.
Two Midwest farmers share how ongoing cost pressures are reshaping their approach to harvest and planning for 2027.
High-tech tools offer targeted weed removal for specialty crops, but soil differences, field geometries and plant mimicry show why localized engineering matters.
The longer a crop experiences elevated temperatures at night, the greater the potential impact on yield.
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Sound Agriculture adds seed treatment to its product portfolio, with nutrient use efficiency in focus.
Crop protection, seeds and digital tools could be rolled into a standalone company by middle of next year.
The Evansville facility will be Wisconsin’s first large-scale soybean crush plant — processing 80 million bushels annually and lifting CHS’s total crush capacity by more than two-thirds when it opens in 2028.
Rhonda Bassett-Spiers succeeds Scott Sexton, who built Ever.Ag through more than a decade of acquisitions, as the company rolls out its Everett AI engine across FieldAlytics and MerchantAg.
Warm fall conditions could push back the window for safe, effective anhydrous and manure applications across parts of the Midwest, says Iowa State agronomist.
Sulfur prices have surged more than fivefold, threatening phosphate fertilizer production. With global supply tightening, farmers could face higher prices, or even fertilizer shortages, heading into the months ahead.
Recent university studies find that corn kernels usually hold their weight through the dry-down process while pinpointing the operational realities that lead to missing grain.
Iowa State’s Meaghan Anderson walks central Iowa cornfields turning up a resurgence of crown rot after years of drought, plus wildly variable stands from early-season rain. Is a big Iowa corn crop still in reach?
Innovative research is revealing thousands of untapped genes that could help breeders develop hybrids with better stress tolerance, grain quality and performance across diverse farming systems.
A survey of 5,500 farmers found the influence of nontechnical sales reps down 17 points in North America while agronomists held flat. The difference isn’t who calls on the grower. It’s what they bring when they get there.
Planting soybeans months before wheat harvest sounds risky. But farmers Brian Tanner and Jason Mauck find it dries wet fields faster, cuts input costs and gives wheat a profitable place back in Corn Belt rotations.
Researchers say a simple combine tweak gives farmers a way to concentrate up to 95% of their toughest weed seeds into just 5% of a field.
“I’ve spent less than 35% of normal chemical costs so far this year,” Orin Romine says. “It’s not complicated. On my operation, the math works.”
The answers to which hybrids, products and practices paid off may already be in your fields. The trick is stopping long enough to find them, say David Hula and Randy Dowdy.
The Agricultural Retailers Association’s policy team joined the Scoop Podcast to lay out what’s still in play this fall — a stalled Senate farm bill, a disaster aid package hung up over its price tag, a labor rule sent back to the drawing board, and a rail merger they say will cost ag shippers competition.
Farm Journal Field Agronomists say adjusting yield calculations for compromised plants could reveal 20 to 40 fewer bushels per acre than what farmers in parts of the Eastern Corn Belt currently expect.
Some Midwest cornfields are losing more than a percentage point of moisture daily, tightening timelines for growers trying to determine how much crop they can confidently sell into the market rally.
Driven by global refining tight spots and overseas infrastructure attacks, a record-breaking $5.85 fuel spike forces farmers to bite the financial bullet just as combines hit the field.
Two months after a NCGA study showed U.S. farmers pay double what Brazilian farmers pay for some crop inputs, Iowa’s senior senator is asking President Trump to step in.
PTI Farm research reveals how GMO, non-GMO and organic corn each offer unique economic advantages depending on local markets, input costs and management capabilities.
Jenny Webb took over the Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association in July with the goal of bringing the industry’s purpose and concerns closer to the lawmakers in Springfield.
Andre Cerignoni will oversee both BioWorks and BIOTROP’s row-crop business, which remain separate brands under a shared platform.
The company put three self-propelled application platforms in front of retailers and custom applicators in Bloomington — and gave Massey Ferguson its most prominent floor space yet.
USDA certification clears Farm Credit institutions to invest in the Farmers Innovation Fund — the financing arm of a network where farmers pick the startups, run the trials and hold the equity.