by Riley Smith | Dec 29, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The final two weeks of the calendar year are always quiet in the ag marketplace, and that was no different this year. Bill Moore, senior account executive with The PRICE Futures Group, said many traders have used the opportunity to even themselves out for the new...
by Riley Smith | Dec 29, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
California’s Prop 12 goes into effect with the new year on January 1. It becomes California state law during a time of already great uncertainty in the pork market. American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Bernt Nelson said that’s on top of some already bearish pork...
by Riley Smith | Dec 28, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
One of the obvious benefits of lower synthetic nitrogen usage is, of course, lower input costs, but there are environmental benefits as well. Jim Kelly, Director of Business Development with Pivot Bio, said their N-OVATOR program helps to measure that impact and...
by Riley Smith | Dec 28, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Precision agriculture, just like farming as a whole, has come a long way in recent years and will continue to develop quickly. And as the average U.S. citizen becomes further removed from the farm, modern farm technology might be surprising to a lot of people. Matt...
by Riley Smith | Dec 27, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
We all know that soil health practices make sense from a conservation perspective, but do they also make “cents” (or dollars) from a financial point of view? This will be one of many topics of discussion at the Practical Farmers of Iowa 2024 Annual Conference, which...
