Editor's Picks
Category: Inputs
Comparing Crop Insurance Net Farm Indemnities and Crop Production Profits May 31, 2023
We compare net crop insurance indemnities paid to farmers with private market net returns from producing barley, corn, cotton, oats, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat over the 2009-2022 crop […]
What We Know About Anuvia Shutting Down May 30, 2023
Via social media late last week, former Anuvia leaders have confirmed the company is suspending operations and liquidating assets. Farm Journal has confirmed this news, but the company does not […]
Inaugural Integrative Precision Agriculture Conference Aims To Address Industry Needs May 26, 2023
Spray drones with pinpoint accuracy, produce-picking robots, autonomous systems to monitor broiler chicken health, and artificial intelligence to predict yield before the buds have faded from the trees — these […]
NASA’s Newest Mission is Focused on Helping U.S. Farmers May 24, 2023
When you think of NASA, do missions to the moon or Mars come to mind? If so, you might be surprised to learn that NASA is focused increasingly on missions […]
USDA Invites Input On Crop Insurance Coverage For Prevented Planting May 24, 2023
WASHINGTON, – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a Request for Information today, announcing public listening sessions and soliciting public comments on possible changes to prevented planting crop insurance […]
Syngenta, FMC To Market Rice Herbicide With New Active Ingredient May 23, 2023
Syngenta Crop Protection and FMC Corporation have announced an agreement to bring to market a breakthrough technology to control grass weeds in rice in Asia. The new active ingredient Tetflupyrolimet, discovered and developed […]
Thompson on Cotton: The debt Limit Debate May 22, 2023
Though still in the confines of a seven-month-long trading range, excitement was rampant last week as July futures traded within 150 points of the top end. Reaching 87.98, its highest […]
Want to Grow Your Farm? Ask These 10 Questions First May 18, 2023
More than 50% of farmers intend to grow their operation, based on responses in Purdue’s February 2023 Ag Economy Barometer. If you’re thinking about scaling your farm, Michael Langemeier, Purdue […]
UGA Awarded $4 Million To Design Farm of the Future May 18, 2023
Researchers at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have been awarded nearly $4 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to develop a […]
Are We Reliving The 1980s? Maybe. Survival Advice For Young Farmers May 18, 2023
The economic environment that we are in today is very similar to the 1970s and into the mid-80s. During that time many farmers went broke and, in the process, learned […]
