The Van Trump Report

Month: April 2021

Colorado Ranchers Battle Radical Initiative That Makes Artificial Insemination a Sex Crime

I try to keep my daily thoughts as “non-political” as possible. I respect the freedoms my fathers and grandfathers have fought for and want to respect everyone’s perspective even if it is vastly different than mine or my family, but some of these new proposed laws and regulations are getting crazier and crazier. Below is …

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Soil Data Benchmarking to Drive Farm Productivity, Land Value and Crop Premiums

Quantifiable soil health data and standards are lacking, and this gap can create uncertainty in how to best achieve soil improvements and can hold growers back from reaching full potential. Yet soil health is tied directly to everything in agriculture, from sustainability, to nutrition, to yield, and more.  A company called “Continuum Ag” has developed …

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Rains Fail to Revive Argentina’s Soybean Crop

Soybean producers in Argentina have had a rough growing season with the La Niña weather pattern bringing both too much and too little moisture. Similar to the same trends seen across Brazil, the Southern Hemisphere’s winter and spring brought overly dry conditions that delayed planting and development of Argentina’s oilseed crops. Things looked like they …

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Digitizing Agriculture to Optimize Farm Decision-Making and Boost Efficiency

Arable is building a community to share knowledge and advance agricultural innovation on the farm. The company enables farmers to digitize and optimize their decisions by providing data on how weather and other factors affect yield, quality, and harvest timing. It measures everything of importance to crops–weather, soil, and even the plant itself–using a set …

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READ – Paying Close Attention to Russia/Ukraine Relations

Russia’s military has been building up near Ukraine and Putin is claiming ownership over more of the region’s sea and air. With Russia staging more military exercises in the Black Sea and massing thousands of forces at or around the Ukraine border, the trade starts to become a bit more nervous about global uncertaintiy. The office …

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