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Brevant® Seeds Expands Corn and Soybean Portfolios for 2025 Season
JOHNSTON, Iowa, Jan. 21, 2025 — The cost of remaining stagnant is higher than ever. It’s essential that farmers have access to improved products that drive genetic gain and help them overcome in-field threats. The 2025 class of Brevant® brand corn and soybeans features 39 new products that have been strategically selected to better support farmer needs.…
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2025 Young Producers Conference Focused on Transition Planning and Connections
by Lura Roti At 23, Adam Wollschlager works three part-time jobs. The Lake Area Technical College graduate helps out on his family’s diversified crop and cattle farm near Revillo. He works for area farmers helping them with planting and harvest. He also works part-time as an applicator and truck driver for LaBolt Farmers Grain. As…
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Bringing Happy, Healthy Bison Back to Great Plains
BROOKINGS, S.D. — Jeff Martin likes to think of the Great Plains as the “bison basket.” There are approximately 400,000 bison across North America, down from 30 to 60 million prior to the 1860s. South Dakota has the largest bison population in the U.S. with nearly 40,000, and Martin hopes to see it keep rising.…
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Targeted Spray Technology Highlighted on Strategic Farming: Let’s talk crops
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Are you curious about advances in targeted spray technology, or wondering if this system could work for you and actually lead to cost savings? These questions and more were addressed in the January 15 “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops!” program. Dr. Rodrigo Werle, Weed Scientist with University of Wisconsin-Madison, joined moderator…
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A global look at the fertilizer market
Farmers could continue to face challenges with access to fertilizer in 2025. Josh Linville with Stone X Group says the shifting geopolitical landscapes are affecting fertilizer availability and profitability. “In the last few years, the Chinese government has started to place export restrictions,” he says. “China is a major urea exporter. When China is out…
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A January Surprise From USDA
A January Surprise From USDA Successful Farming
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From Guiding Hunters to Brewing Beer, These North Dakota Ranchers Run a Diversified Operation
From Guiding Hunters to Brewing Beer, These North Dakota Ranchers Run a Diversified Operation Agweb Powered by Farm Journal
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Farming and ranching honorable pursuit
Commentary. I have said it many times: farming is not an easy life’s work and certainly not for the faint of heart. Farming can push you to your physical and emotional limits. It can nearly kill you. It can save your life. Farmers and ranchers are at the mercy of environmental extremes. Unpredictable weather patterns,…
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Farm to Fly Act Reintroduced in the Senate
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) recently reintroduced legislation that would help accelerate the production and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through existing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to allow further growth for alternative fuels to…
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Ag Equipment Same-Store Sales Down in December
Ag Equipment Same-Store Sales Down in December Farm Equipment
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We Can Make Fertilizer More Efficiently Under the Surface of the Earth
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Instead of relying on energy-hungry reactors to generate high temperatures and pressure, researchers are looking underground at Earth’s natural heat and forces to cook up ammonia for fertilizer. In a proof-of-concept study, published January 21 in the Cell Press journal Joule, researchers generated ammonia by mixing nitrogen-laced water with iron-rich rocks—without any…
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Can exports add $2 a bushel to soybean prices?
Can exports add $2 a bushel to soybean prices? Farm Progress
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Is another interest rate cut coming?
An ag economist says he doesn’t expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in the short-term. University of Missouri’s Ben Brown says, “These measures of inflation directly impact most farmers through the expectations of interest rates,” he said. “I don’t think anything in this data signals that the Fed’s going to move forward with…
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Soybeans strong with easing of China concerns
Soybeans were sharply higher on speculative and technical buying. The Trump administration says it is not applying any new tariffs to China, yet. It looks like recent talks between Presidents Trump and Xi have dampened the chance of a renewed trade war between the world’s largest economies. There are early harvest delays and reports of…
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Continuing to monitor President Trump’s talk about tariffs
The president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says he’s optimistic that President Trump’s tariff talk will remain just a bargaining tool. Mark Eisele ranches in Wyoming. “I’m hoping that maybe he’s using this as leverage,” he says. “Trying to get a better deal and get some things he wants. I think part of it…
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All poultry activities suspended in Georgia after bird flu confirmed in a commercial operation
All poultry activities suspended in Georgia after bird flu confirmed in a commercial operation AccuWeather
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Costs of Production Estimates Scale to Match Farm Size
Costs of Production Estimates Scale to Match Farm Size Farms.com
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Texas, Louisiana ports close due to winter storm
Texas, Louisiana ports close due to winter storm Argus Media
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Ukraine steps up fight against Russian grain theft with new tracking technology
Ukraine steps up fight against Russian grain theft with new tracking technology MSN
