Purchase With Purpose
On average, a farmer needs three direct contacts to plan their seed purchases.
The latest FBN report gives price and supply outlooks for five active ingredients: glyphosate, glufosinate, 2,4-D ester, atrazine, and S-metolachlor.
As farmers are harvesting their fields and thinking about their results, it is a great time for retailers to build their equity with their customers and humbly remind growers of how their recommendations helped grow a successful crop.
The biological company expands its R&D headquarters and has a lineup of products launches ready for the field, pending regulatory approval.
“We’re doubling down, allotting capital on digital innovation for FBN’s future,” says Diego Casanello, CEO of FBN.
Third-generation farmer Amy France and team at NSP are on a mission to improve buyer demand for the crop domestically and abroad.
Survey results from University of Illinois ag economists show how farmers are making corn and soybean nutrient plans for 2026 and what current price trends are for N, P and K.
There are no easy answers to address the cost of fertilizer and other inputs, but having conversations with suppliers and financial providers now can help you leverage your buying power and minimize potential impacts from marketplace uncertainties.
Use one or more of these tips to reduce expenses, reallocate resources and build a fertility program that works well for your farm and gives you some peace of mind in the process.
What the numbers say about a land crisis.
As farmers think about 2026 cropping plans, step one is to book fall fertilizer. However, those plans are leading to challenging discussions about profitability and what can be applied as a bare minimum.
Applying lessons learned from its first portal launched seven years ago, the Nutrien Ag Solutions Hub brings forward solutions for how farmers work with its ag retail business.
High yields lead to high nutrient removal rates, but next year, nutrient replacement and feeding a new crop comes at a higher cost
All states in the Chicago Federal Reserve district, average a 3% percent increase in dollar value of “good” farmland from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025.
Pam Marrone says today’s industry supports products coming to market with a win rate no less than 80% and at least a 7% yield increase — anything else is just noise.
“In hockey, like retail, the puck’s always moving, and to stay ahead of the puck, you have to skate to where the puck is going. For me, this whole move to FBN was about skating to where the puck was going,” says Dean Williams.
Are you trying to dial in fertilizer costs? Prioritize soil testing, and check out a new dashboard that tracks fertilizer production, imports, prices and transportation factors.
In addition to planting soybeans early and applying fungicide, Dan Vogel puts on the appropriate amount of nutrients for the given year, instead of trying to bank nutrients or apply a two-year spread.
Co-founder and CEO of AgVend Alexander Reichert shares how ag retailers are looking to digitally enable not just the customer experience, but also have best in class tools for their sales, marketing, finance, and procurement.
As of October 1, Ken Barham became the North America general manager for Nufarm. He gives The Scoop a one-on-one interview.
Technology doesn’t need to automatically be the first thing on the chopping block.
When times are tough is when farmers need their trusted advisers the most, says Greg Martinelli.
“It’s amazing the amount of risk in agriculture along with the complexity and change in the environment now,” says Leah Anderson, Senior Vice President of Land O’Lakes, Inc. and president of WinField United.
When talking with WinField United team members many reference the future entailing data-driven decisions and making data work for them.
Cereal rye helps Michigan farmer reduce herbicide-resistant marestail and waterhemp.
As the 2025 seed-buying process ramps up, the financial investment for conventional corn might look promising but you need to consider weed control, insect pressure and market opportunities .
As you begin to rein in production costs, big ticket items such as fertilizer naturally get a lot of scrutiny. Now’s the time to think through how you’ll best allocate available dollars for nutrients.
Since 2020, a series of black swan events in just a few years time resulted in sporadic product shortages and concern about how to react and plan for the future.