Earthworms generally tend to be viewed as a friendly find in gardens and farm fields. The squirmy creatures can be hugely beneficial in their native habitats, helping to aerate soil, breakdown organic matter, and recycle nutrients. Non-native species, however, can wreak havoc on ecosystems as some parts of North America are unfortunately starting to discover. …
Invasive Earthworms are Wreaking Havoc on America’s Soils Read More »
I wanted to share that we are starting a new relationship with our good friend Gary Lezak at Weather20/20. Gary worked as the Chief Meteorologist at KSHB 41 in my hometown of Kansas City for 23 years, from 1999 to 2022, and has been doing some very interesting research the whole time. We believe his …
INTERESTING… Can “Weather Forecasting” Be Accurate Up to a Year Ahead? Read More »
Back in 2021, as the world was struggling with the pandemic-related supply chain meltdown, one of the critical raw materials that became very hard to find was rubber. While supply chain issues tied to shipping snags have since been resolved, natural rubber supplies remain under threat from a combination of disease and shifting climate patterns. …
How Dandelions and Sunflowers Could Secure the World’s Natural Rubber Supplies Read More »
Agricultural and aviation communities quietly celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the first use of the airplane for crop dusting. This week in 1921, Army Air Corps pilot Lieutenant John A. Macready, piloting a specially modified Curtiss JN4 Jenny, spread lead arsenate over a six-acre grove of 6,000 catalpa trees at Postmaster Harry Carver’s farm in …
Looking Back at Our First Crop Dusters… Dedicated to One of Our Fallen Farming Families Read More »
Canola is becoming a more popular crop with US farmers as energy producers look to increase the oilseed’s role as a renewable fuels feedstock. The latest USDA data shows US farmers planted a record high of 2.66 million acres in 2024, up from 2.34 million in 2023 and 1.71 million in 2014. And canola acres …
Why Canola is Becoming the Answer for Some US Producers Read More »
Michelle and I loved the State Fairs when we were kids!!! We didn’t have much money, so the State Fair was a big treat as a kid. There was always good food, good music, good livestock, and good people. As we turn the calendar to August, we start to see a lot more State Fairs …
The “Clean Fuels Alliance America,” a national trade association representing the biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel industries, is asking the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider blending requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2024 and 2025. According to CFAA, the agency set biomass-based diesel and overall advanced volumes significantly below …
Renewable Fuels Industry Fights to Lift Blending Requirements Read More »
Folks around the country are already enjoying one of summer’s best perks – sweet corn season! The tasty treat comes out of the field a few months earlier than dent corn, lucky for us humans. As most probably know, sweet corn and dent corn are very different plants. Dent corn, also referred to as “field …
It’s Sweet Corn Season…What You Might Not Know About the Summertime Treat Read More »
Vermont dairy farmer and track star Elle Purrier St. Pierre will compete at the Olympic Games for an impressive second time this year. St. Pierre finished 10th in the women’s 1,500-meter race at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021 and recently qualified for Team USA after setting a new meet-performance record at the U.S. Olympic …
Vermont Dairy Farmer Elle Purrier St. Pierre is Headed to the Olympics…Again! Read More »
Every year, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) analyzes US corn farming’s economic contributions to the US economy. In 2023, corn farming for grain generated an estimated $151 billion in total economic output, with an estimated contribution of $62 billion to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Those contributions extended across 524 different industry sectors in all …
US Corn Farmers Contributed Nearly $62 Billion to 2023 GDP Read More »
