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“The 1980s farm crisis didn’t just damage balance sheets. It’s changed the interest of being involved in agriculture. That gap is being realized today in board rooms, field offices, agronomy teams and more,” said Aaron Locker, Managing Director, Kincannon & Reed.
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“The carbon markets are maturing. The next phase is product-based carbon programs,” says Thad England, director of U.S. strategic accounts with Groundwork BioAg.
Bushel has created its own chat bot using large language models and APIs to its platform data including CRM data, interactions, calls, and transactional data from the ERP.
Expanding its livestock product line, FBN adds Ridley Feeds, fencing supplies, equine products and more.
In some cases, the sulfur deficiency can be traced back to last fall when ammonium sulfate and DAP were taken out of fertilizer programs to reduce costs. In other scenarios, the corn just isn’t getting adequate sulfur — but the problem can be corrected.
After a week of ICE seemingly targeting dairy farms, California produce farms and a meat packing plant in Nebraska, President Donald Trump is reportedly ordering the Department of Homeland Security to exclude farms from immigration raids.
As a director of an on-farm research business with a footprint in North Dakota and Iowa, and a 3,000-acre farmer himself, Chad Rubbelke approaches long-standing struggles with optimism that the next idea may just work.
Now’s the time to be scouting for the disease, especially where the inoculum is present. Tracking weather data, particularly daily humidity levels, can help you keep an eye on tar spot this season.
“For now, we don’t believe there’s going to be much in the effect in terms of fertilizer production from either country, though it would be a little silly to not consider it,” says Josh Linville from StoneX.
Founded in 2019, BW Fusion recently merged with biological company Biodyne, and field data management platform Agronomy 365.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins was questioned by several House Ag Committee members about USDA’s cuts, including the impact of the 6,000 DOGE firings at the agency, that were later reinstated by the court.
The Office of Management and Budget is currently holding stakeholder meetings on the mandated biofuels blending levels. However, EPA is also considering the backlog of Small Refinery Exemptions.
The administration is furthering its drone advocacy efforts with a new order expanding Beyond Visual Line of Sight mission approvals and establishing a domestic pilot program for electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing drones.
As director of R&D and Innovation at Forge Genetics International, Emily Meccage has a lot to share about the breeding work being done for alfalfa.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says one of the challenges the U.S. is dealing with is trying to negotiate agreements with 18 of its biggest trading partners simultaneously. Grassley would like to see a dialed-back strategy used instead.
“We must ensure that we make a way for young and beginning farmers to fill our boots,” said Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
While the 1,000-page bill includes spending increases for agriculture-facing programs by $56.6 billion over the next decade, there’s one major priority that didn’t make it into the House’s version.
Founder and CEO of Vivid Life Sciences Josh Krenz shares how he and the team built a business now marking its 10 year anniversary, and how the industry evolved under their feet as they set a foundation for its success.
Another Chinese researcher has been detained by federal agents for unlawfully shipping roundworms into the U.S. for work she planned to conduct at a University of Michigan laboratory
From the west coast to Wisconsin and through the central corn belt, Cody Steinkamp helps ag retailers outfit their dry fertilizer warehouses to serve customers today and into the future.
“This is the next step in helping ag retailers actually understand what’s happening with their customers,” said Steven Valencsin, CEO of Growers.
A false report surfaced online, eliciting a direct response from the manufacturer that could not be more clear: “We’re not shutting down U.S. manufacturing. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.”
Manufacturer to retailer programs are often pointed at for creating administrative workload for the retailer as well as have been plagued with time lags, inaccuracies, and other issues.
This is biggest investment ADM regional manager Travis Sayers has seen ADM make in St. Louis.
Mother Nature is throwing a lot of weather curveballs this season. Keep your eye on the ball and score big at harvest with these practical nitrogen management recommendations.
The lawsuit challenges the ending of the Local Food Purchase Assistance program agreement that directly supports Pennsylvania farms and food banks.
As one of the most important early season nutrients, Farm Journal field agronomist Ken Ferrie explains the best way to manage phosphorus is one you’ve probably heard of before.
Corteva Forcivo will feature three modes of action to address foliar diseases in corn, soybeans, wheat and other crops via overlapping preventive and curative activity.
Research points to alarmingly high levels of viral infections — vectored by Varroa mites with resistant genes to a common treatment — as key drivers of colony collapse.