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Naig shares crop expectations and safety reminders
This week is Farm Safety Week, a time when farmers and the ag industry take a step back to focus on staying safe during one of the busiest and most dangerous seasons of the year. With harvest beginning in earnest very soon across Iowa, the reminders are timely because while strong yields matter, nothing is more important than making it home safe at the end of the day. Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says this week is a reminder of two big storylines in agriculture right now: how the...
Alleviating soil compaction gives producers a head start on next season
Soil compaction is an important topic to consider after the rush of the fall harvest. Grayson Catania, product marketing manager for planting and crop production at Case IH, said soil compaction is a leading cause of crop yield reduction.?Compacted soil really acts...
Farmers opting for flexibility of Pioneer Enlist E3 soybeans
Farmers need to be adaptive to their environment and have options to respond to what is affecting their crops.Don Gehrls, pioneer soybean marketing lead, says that Pioneer Enlist E3 soybeans are providing flexibility for farmers to change their approach to what they...
Subcommittee hearing covers pros and cons of ?right to repair?
The House Small Business Subcommittee heard from both sides in the right-to-repair debate in agriculture. Industry Update Dot Com says lawmakers will have to consider measures that would require machine manufacturers to give customers the software, parts, and tools...
Luke Bryan goes back to his roots to support pork producers
Building on the success of the 2021 Mythbusting campaign, the National Pork Board (NPB) is working with country music star Luke Bryan for what?s described as ?Mythbusting 2.0.? NPB President Heather Hill said after the success of last year they are excited to continue...
Propane is ready for the drying and heating seasons
There are a few terms that we have been hearing more and more, and they are frankly giving us some form of PTSD. Whether it?s ?supply chain?, ?shortages?, or ?shipping challenges?, we have been conditioned to become skeptical of the availability of the supplies we...
Challenges for crops this growing season with BASF
The Iowa Agribusiness radio network had a chance to speak with Mark Storr, BASF agronomist, earlier this month at the Farm Progress show in Boone. Mark gave us his opinions on how crops have handled challenges this growing season and what to expect with fall...
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South American Weather and Crop Update (4-25-23)
Argentina is going to continue to be as parched as ever, and even Brazil is looking to see a short dry spell. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest weather conditions in South America.McBride said Brazil?s soybean harvest is...
FBN and Greeneye Technology partner to deliver affordable smart sprayers
In January of this year, Farmers Business Network and Greeneye Technology announced a long-term strategic collaboration to help farmers control weeds and reduce input costs. The AI precision ag spraying technology of Greeneye and the crop protection and nutrition...
Consider vertical tillage to help achieve residue management goals
With margins tight and input costs only going up, it?s more important than ever for farmers to get the most out of every seed that goes into the ground. While it?s easy to spend hours talking about variety selection and crop protection products, it?s also important to...
AFBF: families deserve truth in food labeling
America's families deserve to know what they're buying when shopping in the dairy aisle, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. AFBF Monday filed comments with the Food and Drug Administration. The comments call on the agency to enforce food labeling...
Don?t cut corners on machine maintenance this spring
As this planting season has given us a jumpstart and then a slowdown, the last thing we want to do is to increase that slowdown with shoddy maintenance on our equipment. Sometimes we can look at our equipment and realize that while we probably should have addressed...
