by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 22, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Just like with any other industry, agriculture must always be looking for and cultivating the next generation of leaders. While production is the main driver of this industry, there are so many opportunities for skills to be utilized off the farm as well. Support...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 21, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
It isn?t just the pandemic that has us changing the way we do things, but it is certainly hit the accelerator on our use of technology to be somewhere virtually. The ideas of an online marketplace or online bidding are nothing new, but we are seeing a new way of...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 17, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Monarch butterflies and their relationship with agriculture has come under intense scrutiny. We hear more and more about the plight of the butterfly and its relationship to the use of herbicides. The iconic insect relies on the milkweed plant for the survival of its...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 16, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Last week the USDA?s Ag Marketing Service (AMS) released its final rule on the Packers & Stockyards Act. There have been mixed reactions, however many of those reactions have been negative. Many Ag and livestock groups are challenging that the rule fails to...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 15, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Farming has been adaptive as long as people have been putting seeds into the ground. It is how we become better at what we do. If we didn?t change with the times, we wouldn?t have the production capacity that we do. As we move along in the first quarter of the 21st...