Increasing yield is something every farmer strives to do in order to make more money. One way you can increase yields is through fertilizer application. The Fertilizer Institute offers four things farmers should know when spreading fertilizer this fall.Peyton Harper...
Technology has helped farmers come a long way over the years by making farming practices easier. Data is one of them and Climate Business Manager with The Climate Corporation Richard Molenaar says it is the future of farming.He says data has helped advance agriculture...
People in the drone community have mixed feelings with new registration requirements by the FAA.What personal information will be used with registering? How much the government will enforce? Michael Drobac is Executive Director of the Small UAV Coalition. He says the...
A non-profit wants congress to make permanent, a government program focusing on hunger. But will they pass the bill before congress ends in December?Feed the Future is a U.S. government program to help develop agriculture in 19 countries in Asia, Central America, and...
Drone owners will soon have to register their unmanned flying vehicles with the federal government. As they become more popular in agriculture, will there be an economic burden on farmers?Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx says a task force has until November...
An Omaha man uses ancient methods by pulling nutrients from fish water to grow crops. Greg Fripp is the founder of Whispering Roots. It's a non-profit organization that grows plants and vegetables in old fish water.?We focus on using Aquaponics, aquaculture,...
A regional agronomist said he has seen spots of downed corn across the central region of Iowa this year. LG Seeds central region agronomist Greg Peters said even with some downed corn, overall yields look decent.?Here in the central part it is good except for the...
Technology in farming is being used as a major component to grow successful businesses, lower costs, and increase productivity.Cory Reed is Senior Vice President of Intelligent Solutions at John Deere. He says when it comes to agriculture productivity, precision Ag is...
With the World population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, farmers will have to provide food for more and more people. A Kenyan man explains a rotational livestock grazing concept used on over 40 million acres across the globe including Iowa.Richard Hatfield is...
A Bangladeshi man will be honored at the 2015 World Food Prize Laureate Awards Ceremony tonight. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh created what many say is the world?s effective largest non-profit organization which focuses on food insecurity and poverty.The...
