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Nutrien’s ‘Click and Mortar’ approach powers new hub
Nutrien Ag Solutions has introduced a new digital platform designed to make farm management easier and more connected. The Nutrien Hub, recently released, serves as a one-stop shop where growers can securely access account information, review invoices, make payments, and explore financing options. The platform also provides local weather insights and shared agronomic plans, keeping farmers linked with their agronomists and sales representatives whenever and wherever they need support. To get a...
Farmland teams up with pork groups to fight food insecurity
Farmland has teamed up with the National Pork Board, the Iowa Pork Producers Association, and country singer Luke Bryan?s Farm Tour to combat food insecurity across the Midwest as part of Farmland?s Honoring the Heartland Tour. Today, the tour stopped by the Food Bank...
South American Weather and Crop Update (10-4-22)
Weather-wise, not much has changed since last week. However, Brazil?s rainy season could potentially cause some issues. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest weather patterns for Brazil and Argentina.McBride also provided an update...
Senator Grassley speaks about foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley held his weekly conference call with reporters on Tuesday and spoke about the current state of his bill that would address foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.Grassley was the original author of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure...
Pork policy top of mind at NPPC Legislative Action Conference
October is pork month in Iowa and across the United States, and there's no better time for us to be talking about the policies that affect pork producers across the country than when the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) recently hosted their legislative action...
Smithfield foods sending 150,000 servings of food for hurricane relief
Smithfield, Va., Oct. 3, 2022 ? Smithfield Foods is sending more than 37,000 pounds of food ? the equivalent of 150,000 servings ? to Fort Myers, Florida, through its Helping Hungry Homes? program in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian.The protein will...
NK Seeds Field Forged lineup offers a competitive advantage for producers
With a seemingly infinite number of details to consider, it can be tough to choose which seeds to go with at the beginning of each growing season. But with NK Seeds, farmers no longer have to choose between planting their tried-and-true varieties or innovative...
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South American Weather and Crop Update (5-9-23)
The weather is wide open in South America to allow farmers to work with little interference. However, that dryness in Brazil could become problematic once that safrinha corn starts pollinating. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest...
How to fix flowability issues when planting
Eric Wilson is an agronomy manager with Wyffels Hybrids and he says that rapidly warming temperatures in the spring can cause humidity issues with your planter.Wilson says that when the seed is not flowing properly through the hoses, the initial instinct is to...
Increasing nutrient use efficiency in crops
The more efficiently crops take up nutrients, the better yield farmers get during harvest. Ross Bender, director of new product development with the Mosaic Company, talked about the importance of nutrient use efficiency.?At a high level, nutrient use efficiency means...
United Soybean Board highlights Farmers for Soil Health
We have talked at length about two particular topics over the years and that is protecting the health of our environment, especially the soil, and also working together for the common good. By working together, I mean producers of grains collaborating with producers...
Economic research service: farm income decline varies by region
After reaching recent highs in 2021 and 2022, the average net cash income of U.S. farm businesses is expected to decline by 18 percent in 2023 compared with 2022. Farm businesses across the country are forecast to see higher production expenses, lower cash receipts,...
