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Iowa farmers, get out your toenail clippers! Anna Proctor, a University of Iowa Ph.D. student, is collecting samples for a study she will conduct later this year using Iowa farmers’ toenails to assess chemical exposure.

Innovation doesn’t have a finish line, but Paul Welbig with New Holland says it requires a constant drive to improve, whether through new technologies or refining existing processes.

Here are examples of how Star of The West has built connections and expanded opportunities for farmers.

Lack of genetic diversity in crops may lead to an outcome worse than COVID-19.

To better understand the word choices preferred by farmers and ag retailers/crop advisers, Farm Journal conducted online surveys this fall asking both groups.

“There are some things that we’ve adopted over the years that really aren’t particularly useful and I think in some cases even detrimental to our performance,” says Dave Mitchell.

How much is a farm at risk from a technical tsunami?

Here’s an overview of some developments that have changed products to be not your father’s fertilizer.

“This is an immense opportunity. For the first time, 45Z provides farmers and biofuel manufacturers a scoreboard with a transparent points system and a business model that rewards scoring points,” says Mitchell Hora.

Many of the machines still be developed highlight AGCO’s stated goal of providing autonomous solutions for every season in crop production by 2030.