Farm Business - General
Fargo-based ag commerce platform says the shift positions it to scale its network and push AI-driven product development.
Patrick Scates runs a service company, not a fertilizer company. His Shawneetown, Ill., terminal is targeted to go live Dec. 1 and is built to let wholesalers share the infrastructure bill.
CoBank projects the U.S. inland barge fleet shrinking about 17% by 2035 while USDA expects grain and oilseed exports to grow 9%. Operators who ship by river should plan for wider freight swings and a softer basis.
After 30 years of no-till, Matt Moreland says regenerative ag pays through smarter inputs, fewer repairs and steadier yields. Lenders and scientists weigh in on what comes next.
In this episode of The Scoop podcast Trent Miller says earning a farmer’s trust comes down to being intentional, doing what you say you’ll do, and showing up, even if it takes six months to a year.
Oil, freight, tariffs and tightening supply point to higher 2027 prices, while generic pyroxasulfone gives growers a place to save, according to FBN.
With more crop protection products coming off patent, Chris Shinker says retailers should focus on buying chemistry, not products.
Tighter margins are coming for ag retail in 2027, says Josh Wurmnest, Regional Business Manager at Growmark.
The debt of the business is more than $900 million, and the 19 property listings are valued at approximately 1.05 billion Canadian.
Farmers have to manage 2027 costs around a supply crunch driven by the Strait of Hormuz, European gas prices, and falling corn prices. The FIELDS awards committed $1.34 billion to eight domestic fertilizer projects on Oct. 22, and Josh Linville of StoneX says it is a real step in the right direction that still falls well short of what farmers need.
Farmers who sold outright on the rally handed elevators the grain, the financing and the margin-call exposure. CoBank’s Tanner Ehmke says that could slow basis gains as the 2026 crop moves to market.
Meridian Ag Advisor’s Wesley Davis puts data behind 10 puzzles in the 2026 farm economy. Three of them: land values that won’t fall, input costs that won’t ease and a downturn that looks like the 1980s until it doesn’t.
Yield monitors are telling one story this fall. Settlement sheets are telling another, reports Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist.
ClearCost CEO Keith Busch says the platform will post state-level delivered prices, hold payment until product moves and, eventually, support hedging, with the redeveloped version due in January.
BNSF says the proposed UP-NS merger would leave captive shippers with fewer options and farm inputs with higher freight costs. Union Pacific says it would open new routes and take trucks off the road.
Input costs are up $15 billion since February, diesel is roughly double and credit demand at Land O’Lakes’ financing business is already surging for next season, Beth Ford says.
Growers are locking in inputs earlier, paying on terms that run past harvest, and treating credit as part of the agronomic plan instead of a last-minute add-on.
Following a federal court order, the Department of Labor must issue a replacement adverse effect wage rate calculation before the end of the year.
Kernels left behind in fields this fall could become a 22% yield loss in your soybeans next year. But fixing the problem starts with the right diagnosis, says one seasoned farmer.
New crop report data reveals top specialty crops are operating millions of dollars in the red despite high gross revenues.
Grain quality problems are raising red flags in parts of the Corn Belt. Timing a call to your insurance agent could be just as important as timing your harvest this year.
Strategic alignment and coaching of management can become a powerful force helping drive a company’s future.
A survey of 5,500 farmers found the influence of nontechnical sales reps down 17 points in North America while agronomists held flat. The difference isn’t who calls on the grower. It’s what they bring when they get there.
USDA certification clears Farm Credit institutions to invest in the Farmers Innovation Fund — the financing arm of a network where farmers pick the startups, run the trials and hold the equity.
The monitor overseeing the court-supervised sale of 274,000 acres can begin designating winning bids as of Sept. 1.
Iowa State research reveals PI 88788 resistance is losing effectiveness at 2% per year, with yield losses potentially reaching 9 bushels per acre by decade’s end if management practices are unchanged.
NASDA and the National Agricultural Law Center say a new project tracking both Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 filings offers a more complete view of agricultural bankruptcies — with California, Arkansas, Georgia and Iowa leading the initial dataset.
New research builds on growing state and federal scrutiny by asking what these laws could mean for land prices and productivity.