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When life gives you lemons, water them carefully. At least, that’s what avocado and lemon tree grower Angela Vanoni does. A native of Ventura County, California, she’s no stranger to drought and strict rules.

Nate Birt serves as managing editor of Top Producer. He previously spent his days as deputy managing editor of the magazine and interacting with Farm Journal Media fans on social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as social media and news editor. He also wrote about machinery for Farm Journal and AgWeb.com. Nate is a graduate of the University of Missouri, from which he holds a master’s in journalism and bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science. He has worked as a web producer for the Detroit Free Press; as news and online editor at the Boonville (Mo.) Daily News; and as a local editor for AOL’s Patch.com community news websites in St. Louis. He joined Farm Journal Media in 2012. He owes his agricultural knowledge to his wife, Julie, and her family, longtime St. Charles County, Mo., residents who have been active in 4-H. They previously raised Oxford sheep. Nate, Julie and their three sons live in central Missouri.

This has delivered numerous mind-blowing farmland sales. But will this runup in values continue?

“This marks day one of the beginning for how we can measure how these practices are being used,” TFI CEO Corey Rosenbusch says.

It will take significant N bookings at higher prices or excess natural gas supplies to relight fires at fertilizer plants – and neither seems likely until summer 2022.

Intelinair’s aerial imaging and data analytics can predict water management issues for farmers and landowners, a sector that DIGS Associates specializes in.

USDA’s October Crop Production and WASDE reports caused the soybean markets to tank Tuesday. One analyst says he thinks USDA’s soybean could could continue to rise as soybean demand shows signs of trouble.

Andrew Thomas has been named the CEO of Alltech Crop Science. He brings to Alltech more than 30 years of international management experience and proven success in the agri-food and seed industries.