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When Maker’s Mark debuted in the 1950s, the bourbon became known for a few things, its distinctive square-shaped bottle with a red wax seal on the neck, spelling whiskey without the “e” as a nod to the brand’s Scottish heritage, and for being a “wheated bourbon” using red winter wheat as a flavoring grain rather than just rye. Its newest ...
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Soybean growers in Argentina are expected to pull back on planting this year to the tune of nearly -2.5 million acres, according to the latest update from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) post in Buenos Aires. In it’s “Oilseeds and Products Annual,” FAS says the pullback is due to growers reverting back to traditional corn rotations following a soy-heavy year ...
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Farmers in key growing areas are dealing with massive flooding after unrelenting rains inundated states in the central and southeast. Storms dropped 8-16 inches of rain over the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi river basins across a four-day stretch. While rain has left the forecast, communities are still threatened by major flooding from overtopped rivers in the region just as planting ...
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At a time when the U.S. beer industry is facing the lowest consumer demand in over 40 years, “Athletic Brewing” has plans to double its annual capacity in 2025. The company is the 20th largest brewery in the U.S. overall but it’s giving even the most well-entrenched brands a run for their money. Athletic Brewing’s key to success is all ...
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Every year, the Crop Protection Network compiles disease loss reports for major row crops. The organization works with various groups to estimate the impact of major diseases on production based on data pulled from a wide range of sources, including statewide disease surveys, feedback from university Extension, industry, and farmer representatives, and specialized experience with disease losses. The estimates are ...
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Kevin Van Trump and Andy Daniels sit down with Dave Parker and Tom Willis to discuss current thoughts regarding new tariffs, trade war, crop prices, biofuel, sorghum seed, and policy changes for agriculture in 2025. There are also lots of other great topics discussed. This is an episode you don't want to miss heading into next week!  ...
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Automation in agriculture is moving forward at increasing speed as technologies finally catch up to the industry’s needs. However, many farm robotics and automation startups lack a key resource - a real farm to prove their technology.  “The Reservoir” is a unique new incubator for these startups, where they’re not only developing early-stage agtech innovations but a workforce to operate ...
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Bayer is the current manufacturer of the world’s most widely used crop protection chemical - glyphosate, aka “Roundup.” Glyphosate also happens to be one of the most highly litigated chemicals in the world and an endless string of lawsuits are costing the company a fortune, with the company paying out some $11 billion to settle claims that the herbicide causes ...
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Leading AI-powered solutions provider, Agmatix recently announced a partnership with BASF, one of the world’s largest chemical and agricultural solutions companies, to develop a cutting-edge digital solution aimed at detecting and predicting the presence of soybean cyst nematode. The SCN, a microscopic roundworm, is one of the most destructive pests affecting soybean crops, causing annual losses estimated at $1.5 billion ...
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China is rapidly advancing "high-protein" corn development to help decrease its dependence on soybean imports. Researchers at Huazhong Agricultural University have engineered corn varieties containing +10% protein, two percentage points higher than conventional strains. Each +1% protein increase could slash China's soybean import demand by -8 million tonnes annually, directly supporting President Xi Jinping's mandate to secure the country's food ...
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