There's an immense amount of pressure riding on this year’s crop production picture, and with a margin squeeze setting in across farms, economists think it could accelerate consolidation in the row-crop industry.
Helping farmers do the Biggest Job on Earth is Job One for scientists at BASF Agricultural Solutions. Helping to maximize yields and minimize challenges through innovation are vital to that mission.
After Kevin Whitney’s iPhone fell into 220,000 bushels of grain, the device made a 20,000-mile roundtrip across the globe before returning to its stunned owner.
It’s no secret that today’s agriculture industry faces unprecedented challenges, and retailers stand on the front line facing them every day. These challenges span the globe.
After a year-long wait, Grant Hilbert and his company, SquadBuilt, released American Farming on Nov. 24, 2023. Here's a look back at his journey to become a gamer, social media influencer and farmer.
A traditional Thanksgiving feast reflects two current trends in food-at-home economics: increased retail food costs vary by category and the supply chain is back to pre-COVID patterns.
As using sustainable practices becomes an even more essential part of farm business, BASF remains committed to helping the industry achieve its goals and to helping measure and communicate what is already being done.
The Last Acre Act would help expand high-speed internet access across eligible farmland, ranchland and farm sites. At least 15% of farms and ranches have no access to the internet today.
“Most of the sustainability efforts have been focused on the farmers. But with opportunities such as the Section 45z tax credits, we believe we can support the “messy middle” of the supply chain," says Brant Flint.
Though inflation is currently high, Indiana ag lender Joe Kessie doesn’t expect a repeat of what he experienced in his early career for three main reasons.
At 22 years old, Emma decided the college life wasn't for her. She dropped out and decided to become a farmhand. With each adventure comes lessons she shares on her "Ag With Emma" social media accounts.
For the latest list—based on 2022 data—47 of the 100 cooperatives are in agriculture. In all, 59% of the $319 billion in generated revenues of co-operatives are from those ag-focused co-ops: $187.6 billion.
Farmers are opting to tap into their savings from recent prosperous years instead of taking out loans at the highest interest rates since 2007, according to surveys conducted by regional Federal Reserve banks.
“I'm announcing that Syngenta, a Chinese state-owned agrichemical company, must give up its land holdings in Arkansas,” emphasized Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) uses Olympic Average MYA prices to determine the amount of guarantee. The 2024 numbers may be almost exactly the same as 2014 numbers.
USDA announced a $80-million grant to Virginia Tech to promote climate-smart agricultural practices. Also, the $100 is the three-year total, so the annual payment is less than $35 per acre.
Work by the House or Senate Agriculture Committee on a new farm bill is essentially stalled, Randy Russell tells AgriTalk's Chip Flory. Russell says that could be the case until government funding issues are resolved.
If Congress doesn't pass stopgap funding, crop production and progress reports will probably stall. That won't bode well for markets. "Usually it means that we've got some selling pressure ahead,” says one analyst.
Rural areas are slowly gaining access to decent broadband speeds, and small towns are adding fiber-optic lines. However, the decline of the population in areas with fewer than 10,000 people is not improving much.
USDA forecasts net farm income will decline $41.7 billion (22.8%) from last year’s record to $141.3 billion in 2023, though that’s up from its February outlook of $136.9 billion.
Farm Rescue's mission is to help farmers and ranchers who have had a major illness, injury or natural disaster by providing equipment and volunteer labor – free of charge – to perform time-sensitive services.
What can organizations do to elevate their entire team’s performance? Dave Mitchell, Founder of The Leadership Difference, says the answer lies in your company’s culture.
“If I were picking both from a financial and an emotional perspective, the next place I could put a dollar, I still would favor farmland pretty highly,” Bruce Sherrick says.
Some of the research now underway at the facility is focused on improving germplasm performance, launching stacked, next-generation differentiated traits and demonstrating regenerative agriculture cropping systems.
I was on the AgriTalk program yesterday with Chip Flory discussing the Farm Program Integrity Act of 2023. In this post we provide a link to that discussion.
House Republicans, particularly on the House Ag Committee, are debating changes to the Conservation Reserve Program as part of the upcoming farm bill reauthorization.
Many promoters claim you qualify for the Employee Retention Credit due to supply chain issues. They are wrong and the IRS provides additional guidance on this issue.
“Most farms don’t have the time, capabilities, perspectives, resources or desire to do all the tasks it takes to run an operation," says Steve Kluemper, AgriStrategies LLC founder. "A lot of growers hire to fill gaps."
Osage, Iowa was able to raise enough money, without raising taxes, to build the Cedar River Complex, which features an indoor pool, fitness center, walking track, basketball courts, 600 seat theatre, museum and more.
