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Fargo-based ag commerce platform says the shift positions it to scale its network and push AI-driven product development.
Industry leaders say the products must deliver consistent agronomic results and measurable economic returns to earn their place in farmers’ input lineup.
Tighter margins are coming for ag retail in 2027, says Josh Wurmnest, Regional Business Manager at Growmark.
Both boards approved the move unanimously after a three-month review. Members vote through November and at a Dec. 15 special meeting.
Yield monitors are telling one story this fall. Settlement sheets are telling another, reports Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist.
Jeff Cecil steps into the top role with a mission to integrate cutting-edge technologies and accelerate innovation as farmers navigate economic headwinds and volatile markets.
On this episode of the Scoop Podcast, Ag Retailers Association (ARA) policy leaders Richard Gupton and Hunter Carpenter break down the issues shaping the fall agenda, just after ARA’s fall board meeting in St. Louis.
Purchases made this fall can run to November 2027, and the lender says it is positioning their financing against 7%-plus operating lines.
Starting this fall, FBN’s Norm will surface daily, farm-specific insights, and by spring it aims to act on them, with Google supplying the AI models.
Corteva will pay $35 million to 12 states and accept 10 years of limits on distributor rebates that the FTC says kept cheaper generic pesticides away from farmers. The case against Syngenta continues.
Strategic alignment and coaching of management can become a powerful force helping drive a company’s future.
The annual Endangered Species Act Farm Tour provided a firsthand look at the tools, practices and partnerships shaping ESA implementation in production agriculture.
Companies that take the wrong approach in developing an effective tool are likely to flunk on the farm. Here’s what they’re missing.
Starting small on less productive acres gave Whalen Farms room to learn — and eventually cut fertilizer costs across 2,000 acres.
The Evansville facility will be Wisconsin’s first large-scale soybean crush plant — processing 80 million bushels annually and lifting CHS’s total crush capacity by more than two-thirds when it opens in 2028.
The Agricultural Retailers Association’s policy team joined the Scoop Podcast to lay out what’s still in play this fall — a stalled Senate farm bill, a disaster aid package hung up over its price tag, a labor rule sent back to the drawing board, and a rail merger they say will cost ag shippers competition.
Jenny Webb took over the Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association in July with the goal of bringing the industry’s purpose and concerns closer to the lawmakers in Springfield.
Andre Cerignoni will oversee both BioWorks and BIOTROP’s row-crop business, which remain separate brands under a shared platform.
Filing a notice of intent to participate makes a company a party of record in the case—and it does not require taking a position on the merger.
The co-op announced the project a little more 18 months ago.
The joint venture could “cut roughly in half” finished imports of phosphate fertilizers.
Red crown rot is now active in at least eight Midwest states. The significance of the disease is building. The Crop Protection Network estimates 7.7 million bushels of soybeans were lost in 2025 versus 121,000 bushels in 2024.
Yield champions Randy Dowdy and David Hula saw hybrid performance differ significantly this season in the same fields under the same management practices. Their evaluation process went beyond yield and can help corn growers working on their seed decisions for 2027.
Led by Blue River Technology co-founder Jorge Heraud, the startup says it can improve fertilizer placement.
Saturated soils and high winds have downed corn and sparked disease risks for it and soybeans. Here is how to adjust your harvest equipment and strategy now to save yield.
Pro Farmer National Forecast: Corn Falls Short of Last Year’s Record, But Soybeans Eye New Milestone
Scouts say early-season weather stress reduced corn ear counts and grain length and cut stands across the Corn Belt, but above-average soybean pod numbers mean farmers could harvest a record bean crop this fall.
Day 1 of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour highlights a deeply divided Corn Belt. Scouts find drought-damaged corn but surprisingly resilient soybeans in the West, while the East battles mud and highly uneven maturity.
Each agriculture revolution arrived faster than the last one; now here comes AI, and no technology in ag’s history has promised to rewire the economics of farming this fast.