Top Producer
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Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag joins the Top Producer podcast to share why he believes taking advantage of these credits will be the biggest opportunity in agriculture.
For long-term success, farm leaders should regularly assess the landscape of their operation and adjust their strategies accordingly.
The report shares markets are at a crossroads—prices could move in either direction.
As a leading company in seed research and production, Brian Barker joined the AgReliant Genetics team as CEO and president mid-2023.
A Bushel online survey found a correlation between marketing satisfaction and understanding and use of cost of production data.
“There are some things that we’ve adopted over the years that really aren’t particularly useful and I think in some cases even detrimental to our performance,” says Dave Mitchell.
How much is a farm at risk from a technical tsunami?
“This is an immense opportunity. For the first time, 45Z provides farmers and biofuel manufacturers a scoreboard with a transparent points system and a business model that rewards scoring points,” says Mitchell Hora.
Every business has a culture, as does every family. While it’s hard to define, culture exists, and it is felt by everyone even though it’s not physically seen.
These family-owned operations are taking control of their futures, one grain at a time
The Federal Reserve has four more chances this calendar year to cut interest rates. Since July 2023, the system has kept its benchmark interest rate steady at a 23-year high of 5.25% to 5.5%.
The new numbers show that net farm income will fall $6.5 billion or 4.4%. This is compared to projections released in February suggesting it would fall 26%.
Jim Rothermich of Iowa Appraisal joins the Top Producer podcast to share what he’s tracking in farmland auctions.
U.S. corn prices hit a four-year low as the prospect for record corn and soybean crops takes shape in the field. The eroding outlook also appeared in the August Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor.
Crop Tour is a fact-finding mission with a goal of getting a strong, objective view of corn yield potential from one big field across seven states.
It’s not often you hear of a farmer using virtual reality or an artificial intelligence chatbot on the farm, but coupled with real-time data through OpsCenter, this Arkansas farmer is truly taking technology to a new level.
Want the advantages of being an early adopter? Here’s how to evaluate your willingness to take chances.
Headwinds in interest rates, inflation and commodity prices seem to have little impact on land values, though single-digit decreases in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio have been reported.
Jon Davis, chief meteorologist at Eversteam Ag, says there are winners and losers in climate change. Where does the agriculture supply chain land?
The latest Ag Economists’ Monthly Monitor, a survey of nearly 70 ag economists from across the U.S., shows the lack of exports, as well as the current crop prices, are eroding outlooks on the crops side. While strong beef demand and cheaper feed prices are creating more optimism in cattle.
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.
The latest Federal Reserve board meeting left interest rates unchanged, but there’s a subtle shift in its monetary policy Vince Malanga, president of LaSalle Economics, says should be noted.
The Federal Reserve voted to keep the benchmark interest rate steady despite a sticky inflation proving to be a challenge. Where could interest rates go? A conversation with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Chicago Fed.
Ken Ferrie says fields with good soil health can have as much disease present as an unhealthy field, but healthy plants handle stress better than unhealthy ones.
Paul Neiffer reviews the important updates to the new Farm Bill proposals from the House Ag Committee.
Reid Weiland makes investments and sets outcomes for his farmland that pay back with environmental, yield and long-term metrics.
Selective spray green on green is a new tool to help manage resistant weeds while reducing the amount of herbicides applied on a field.
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.
“If we step back and look at what that means for farmland, we’re taking our energy production system from highly centralized production facilities and we have to distribute it,” says David Muth.