Farm Business - General
As farmers spring into planting preparation, they are facing sticker shock on fertilizer prices, an issue some say could last through spring.
The company says this product is built with its patent-pending combination of a co-polymer and solvent blend with time-tested active ingredients NBPT and DCD.
“If you can manage these moments, the world is yours,” says Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry.
Terren Moore calls himself a “weekend farmer,” but farming on the side has turned into a field of opportunity. See how this first-generation Texas farmer is continuing to harvest success in agriculture.
Farmer involvement, out of the gate and all the way to market, is a blueprint of success for startup companies in agriculture technology.
In 1946 Yara imported its first products into the U.S.—calcium nitrate into a port in California—and the company says its footprint has not only grown but evolved in the 75 years since.
The strength and timing of the economic recovery are contingent on three uncertain factors.
Sam Taylor and Stephen Nicholson, both RaboResearch analysts, say while many would call these emerging technologies ‘disruptive,’ they prefer to think of them as evolutionary elements to agriculture.
Dr. Jacqueline Applegate and Dr. Jeremy Williams to Accelerate Growth and Digital Convergence
Splitter Farms in Lyons Kan. was named the 2021 Top Producer Horizon Award winner. Their story is one rooted in education and willingness to listen, a recipe that helped grow the farm to what it is today.
Equipment sales are off to a strong start in in 2021, according to the latest monthly flash report from the Association of Equipment manufacturers.
Together with his wife Laurie and sons Scott and Eric, Steve Henry and team have built a sustainable business that now stretches across 10,000 acres in Iowa.
A bizarre mix of business and religion, laced with a surreal cast of characters, the Jerusalem artichoke crop scandal may be the most outlandish major scam to curse farming in the past century.
Take a ride down an elevator 650 feet below the surface of Hutchinson, Kansas and you’ll find endless miles of tunnels that lead to active salt mines dating back over a century.
According to the report, there were eight-grain dust explosions in 2020, resulting in zero fatalities and nine injuries.
The net farm income story this year is far from over. Farmer Mac’s chief economist says history shows USDA’s initial look at net farm income is typically too low and this year may be no different.
The one-upmanship that usually heightens the excitement about what is unveiled at Agritechnica will have at least one less participant as John Deere officially announces it will not be participating in 2021.
USDA’s first look at net farm income shows without continued ad hoc government payments, net farm income will drop this year.
The barometer drifted lower in January to a reading of 167. Even so, it shows areas of farmer optimism about making capital improvement investments and the outlook for farmland values.
What is the right rental rate for farmland, and what farmer is the best fit for the acreage? CashRent aims to provide the answers.
With the run-up in stock prices for GameStop, AMC and others, could corn, soybeans or cattle be next? Listen to what Tommy Grisafi of Advance Trading had to say about it on U.S. Farm Report this weekend.
AS USDA reviews the previous administration’s plans for the remaining CFAP money, President Biden’s pick to lead USDA will help spearhead those efforts, and find ways to incentives farmers for climate initiatives.
COVID-19’s ripple effect has again hit the farming community. This time, USDA responded by announcing a temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for borrowers.
Gregg Sauder, founder of 360 Yield Center, says the system uses 40% less water then a center pivot and costs half as much as a drip tape irrigation system.
A travel ban on South African guest workers, as currently set in place by executive order, could be devastating for U.S. farming operations.
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Boeing Co said on Friday it will begin delivering commercial airplanes capable of flying on 100% biofuel by the end of the decade.
Meristem has been building out its vision for a new way to supply crop inputs, specifically yield enhancement crop additives. Mitch Eviston, CEO and co-founder recently appeared on The Scoop podcast.
Michigan farmer Michael Stamp was sentenced to eight years in prison this week. A federal indictment filed in 2017 accused Stamp of federal crop insurance fraud and bankruptcy fraud.
In summary, the lawsuit alleges crop input manufacturers, large wholesalers and retailers have created an unfair market for farmers.