The key takeaway from the USDA November Cattle on Feed report is that the number of placements into feedlots remains high. That’s USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell who says that producers placed more cattle into feedlots in October than a year ago with...
The National Corn Growers Association’s Economic Update reported on everything from trends to challenges, opportunities, and market conditions in U.S. agriculture. The rapid 2024 harvest gives farmers an edge on any fall field preparations and more time to finalize...
Corn and soybean yields are going up, almost every year. The reasons are several, but they all revolve around improved genetics and protection of the seed and plant through all stages of growth.A major change in products and farmer thought is seed treatment to protect...
Precision farming requires much more data to translate inputs into higher yields. Growers are using yield monitors and global positioning along with ground sensors to capture the output at season?s end. To track the progress of a crop in season, a new technology has...
"We are at the tipping point of moving out of the toy phase to the purpose built tool," says AeroVironment's Matt Keenon.Keennon lays out the reality of commercial drones for agricultural use. He details how technology from the space program is interchangeable with...
We are ready to harvest, if only Mother Nature would end the rain for a month or so.I have recently become more sensitive to smaller and independent seed companies in, primarily due to mergers of the big players who are focused on traits and inputs, but also want to...
Harvest is pending in Iowa and has started across much of the Midwest. Numbers, out from the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s later today, are expected to show 10-percent of the corn harvested across the country and two- to three-percent of soybeans.In Iowa, we have...
Seed treatment is showing several advantages in plant health and resulting yield.A.J. Hulman, of Bayer, talked to Ken Root about the Acceleron seed treatment at the 2018 Farm Progress Show. He also outlined expanded treatments to take on pests and diseases that rob...
A seed company is investing in the future of America?s youth.AUDIO: John Long, Mycogen SeedsMycogen Seeds is presenting its ?Turn the Bag Blue & Gold? program to more FFA chapters across the United States. John Long, commercial agronomist for Mycogen Seeds, says the...
The first generation of driverless farm machinery is in the field. That was the report I received from an Iowa-based company, called Smart Ag, at the 2018 Farm Progress Show.Iowa State University graduates Colin Hurd and Mark Barglof put the company together and now...
