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Brazilian production of ethanol from corn rose 58% in the newly passed year as dozens of recently built plants in the country’s grain heartland ramped up production.

When Michael Vittetoe started grazing cattle in the prime corn and soybean fields of southeast Iowa, he may have been bucking the trend, but he was also carrying on a family conservation tradition.

“We couldn’t be happier to partner with Superior Ag to expand our presence in the Midwest as the most convenient retailer of online agriculture products,” said John Demerly, CEO, CommoditAg.

Northwest Indiana farmers had a jumpstart to the 2021 planting season, with some farmers planting soybeans the earliest they ever have. As farmers push the planting dates, they say it pays to plant soybeans early.

The few ag retailers who track and separate inventory purchasing gains and losses from product margins and operating earnings know precisely how speculative inventory purchases impact actual operating results.

The past five years have been transformational for AMVAC, says Scott Hendrix, Senior Vice President, U.S. and Canada Crop Sales and Application Technology.

Our audience shared some key data to learn more about the compensation benchmarks in ag retail—particularly for entry-level sales agronomists and applicators/machine operators

Whether it’s how you’re investing in technology or how your company is regearing itself for the farmer of the future, the ag industry is evolving right before our eyes.

A drier and milder window to plant last week played into farmers’ favor. The latest USDA Crop Progress Report shows planting is ahead of average.