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Using your data to increase farm efficiency

Using your data to increase farm efficiency

Managing your data is very important with how high-tech things are in this day and age. However, managing your data doesn’t just mean keeping it away from those who want to abuse it. Farmers can share their data with trusted ag companies, like Farmer’s Edge, and increase their farm’s efficiency. Kris Kinnard, director of lab growth at Farmers Edge, said their digital platform- FarmCommand- allows producers to collect and manage data and then share those data points with other trusted agronomic...

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China purchases soybeans, will likely buy more corn

China purchases soybeans, will likely buy more corn

Extensive negotiations between the world's two largest economies are paying off, as China remains actively involved in the United States grain markets.?Private exporters reported export sales of 456,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the...

Axne talks cattle market legislation in IFU forum

Axne talks cattle market legislation in IFU forum

Efforts continue in Washington, D.C. to create a level playing field for Midwest cattle producers.Questions surrounding cattle markets are a main issue being tackled by Iowa?s congressional leadership. Senator Chuck Grassley recently spoke on the Senate floor to...

RFS at 15: What does the future hold?

RFS at 15: What does the future hold?

Tomorrow, August the 8th, it will be fifteen years since then-President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. It was that act that gave birth to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). It?s been a decade and a half of victories and challenges. Even though...

Extreme drought emerges in west-central Iowa

Extreme drought emerges in west-central Iowa

Drought conditions continue to expand across the state of Iowa.The latest U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday morning showed ?extreme? drought conditions (D3) have emerged in west-central Iowa. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the impacted area was previously...

Use of corn as an acceptable feedstock clarified by Energy Department

Use of corn as an acceptable feedstock clarified by Energy Department

In the most recent Funding Opportunity Announcement, the Department of Energy?s Bioenergy Technologies Office clarified that corn grain is an acceptable feedstock. This means starch derived sugars, specifically starches from field and feed corn, were clarified as...

Coronavirus relief helped slow Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies

The latest farm bankruptcy data offered mixed news.Farm bankruptcies rose eight-percent over a 12-month period, June 2019 through June 2020. Chapter 12 filings, however, slowed in the second quarter. John Newton, American Farm Bureau chief economist, speaks to...

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