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On the heels of acquiring R&D-driven AGVNT, LLC., Summit Nutrients announces its portfolio of six categories of technology aiming to elevate fertilizer to new levels of nutrient use efficiency.

Empty dinner plates can quickly translate to lack of world peace. Just ask Sen. Ernst, who gave a political rundown of food security as national security at Iowa State University last week.

Its current user base includes more than 100 ag retailers and consultants who use Taranis to deliver crop intelligence insights empowering more informed decision making to help make crop management more efficient

Shawn Conley is mad for soybeans: “It’s a crop with more moving parts than anyone except a farmer realizes, and there are so many nuances to work on that have yet to be explored.”

In 2020, Pat Duncanson began a three-year march toward organic certification on 100 acres of corn and soybean ground. After a weed honeymoon, weeds rebounded in 2021, and Duncanson brought in a chopping crew.

Prices have cooled from 14-year highs, but interest remains high for farmers to increase wheat acres or add the crop back to their mix.

Janna Fritz, newly named DF Seeds president, speaks to the need for both conventional and specialty seed products that can fuel farmer profitability and also meet consumer wants and needs.

The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer farmer sentiment index rose 14 points in August to a reading of 117.

House and Senate Ag Committee members have a tough job ahead of them writing the 2023 farm bill. They’ll have to balance Republican plans to cut federal spending with desires from farm groups.