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When Spoor turned 16 he worked for local farmers who ”taught me a lot,” he says. “And when I started at Mizzou [in 2016] I cash rented 6 acres from a friend.”
Too much rain has been a common refrain for farmers this summer. Still, corn needs moisture late-season to fill ears with big, golden kernels, says Olan Moore, owner of High Plains Consulting near Springlake, Texas.
By taking digital farming data all the way back to seed development, we’re working to unlock the potential for a higher efficiency cropping system in corn.
The report, which is the first of the season to include silking and blooming data, shows just how far behind the corn and soybean crops continue to be.
Kirk Heinz and Michael Clark of BAMWX.com validated those fears on an episode of AgriTalk this week.
Many gardens are thriving with all the rain, which prompted John Phipps to give a much needed reminder this summer as fields are sprayed for weeds.
The future of Stine Seed is one that still boasts family ownership. At 77-years-old, Stine is still highly involved in the company and the research.
President Donald Trump tweeted about strong farmer approval in a Farm Journal Pulse Poll while returning from the G-#0 Summit.
In the annals of agriculture fraud, one scam may rule them all. Pulled from the pages of a Hollywood script, agriculture’s most outlandish Ponzi scheme is a cauldron of greed, loss and lingering questions.
The sixth largest commercial greenhouse in the U.S. is merging with a company specializing in cannabis to grow hemp on a large scale in Kentucky.
While you can’t prevent natural disasters, a little preparation can go along way in coping with the stress.
Scott Harris is responsible for the direction and the leadership of the Case IH brand in North America.
The research division of USDA will soon call Kansas City its new home. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue made the announcement this week. The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City weighs in on the move.
Employment sources are numerous and varied enough for a town to survive certain business shocks. John Phipps isn’t sure we can revitalize all or even most of rural America in the way we seem to envision its past.
Crop conditions are so variable this year, analysts say we won’t have an accurate grasp of the impact on both yield and abandonment until later this summer.
“It’s all about helping the grower meet his goals, be better off economically and manage inputs for the maximum economic return,” says Dave Green, who is a territory manager for Servi-Tech.
President Donald Trump has once again turned to tariffs to try to get his way with a U.S. trading partner.
Founder of Channel Bio Corp, which later sold to Monsanto, Funk is re-launching the NC+ brand for western corn, soybean and grain sorghum growers.
“When springs like this come along, I don’t get down. I get motivated, motivated to show myself that I can overcome this, that I can get it done.”
In 2016, corn and soybean farmer Jim Backes learned he held the keys to unearthing a legend that had haunted his town since its founding.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue cleared up some of the cloudiness on Friday in an interview with AgriTalk host Chip Flory.
Following the trade aid announcement earlier this week, farmers were left with more questions than answers.
Here are five tips in using technology to make scouting easier and more effective.
While the program has been expanded to include several crops not included in the 2018 aid, farmers will only be paid on crops planted, which makes already fraught prevent plan insurance decisions all that more difficult.
One submerged within 10 seconds and the other broke apart after making contact and also sank.
In a letter sent to Democratic leaders in Congress on Wednesday, President Trump urged lawmakers to approve the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement before taking up infrastructure legislation.
The approach to sustainable agronomy requires crop advisers and farmers use a systems approach, according to Lee Briese, a crop consultant in North Dakota.
USDA squashed Bloomberg trade aid rumors Tuesday afternoon.
Ensuring crops are stress tolerant and disease free can help minimize risk and optimize yields, and it begins as soon as crops are planted.
Precision agriculture suffers from its own crumbling infrastructure.