The perennial grain crop “Kernza” has been generating a lot of buzz as a climate-friendly wheat substitute. Developed by Kansas-based research organization, The Land Institute, Kernza is a hybrid created from durum wheat and intermediate wheatgrass. The perennial trait it gains from wheatgrass means it comes back year after year from the same root system, …
I hear so many in agriculture say, “This is how my daddy did it and how his daddy did it and this is how we are going to keep doing it…” I heard that a lot growing up at several farms in my area. As I’ve gotten older, however, I’ve come to learn that it …
One of the biggest hurdles to wider adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is price competitiveness compared to traditional jet fuel. There simply isn’t enough SAF being produced to supply the more than 100 billion gallons of jet fuel demand generated by the global aviation industry every year. Ethanol producers believe SAF from corn-based ethanol …
Corn-Based Ethanol Could Help Solve the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply Problem Read More »
Fort Worth, Texas, is known for Longhorns and the cowboys that drove the vast herds north to market. It is also home to the only museum in the world that is dedicated to the often overlooked cowgirls that played an equal role in taming the American West – the “National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of …
What You Might Not Know About the “Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame” Read More »
Soybean production and demand are currently being heavily debated in today’s trade. With this in mind, I thought it was good timing to reflect back on how this crop came about here in the U.S. and how quickly South American production has expanded. U.S. farmers are expected to produce over +4.2 billion bushels of …
How Soybeans Finally Became a Major Crop in America Read More »
Samuel Leeds Allen was the founder of S.L. Allen & Company in Philadelphia. He was the inventor of, and his company manufactured, both the Flexible Flyer sled and Planet Jr farm and garden equipment. For over one hundred years these products were the best-selling and most famous American sleds and market gardening tools available. During …
According to a study from the University of Colorado Boulder, the number of farms globally will shrink in half by 2100, as the size of the existing farms will double. Published in the journal Nature Sustainability, the study is the first to track the number and size of farms year-over-year, from the 1960s and projecting …
World is On Track to Lose Half of All Farms by 2100 Read More »
Wild boar, wild pigs, feral hogs, razorbacks – call them what you will, these invasive pigs are a $2.5 billion problem for US crops, livestock, and forests. An estimated 6 million wild boar have made themselves at home in at least 35 states now. The beasts can grow to more than 200 pounds and come …
Have You Ever Eaten “Wild Boar”… This Ranch Sells The Meat! Read More »
This was sent my way the other day and I thought I would share. I did some digging and found it was written by Amanda Radke over at BEEF Daily the full article is titled “Hormones by the numbers: Stats to share with consumers”. I encourage you to read the full blog post. Below is …
Very Interesting Insight… Battling Food Propaganda Read More »
US cropland values for 2023 averaged $5,460 per acre, an increase of +$410 per acre, or +8.1%, from 2021, and +33% higher than the average of $4,100 in 2020. In fact, cropland values had been stuck at around $4,100 since 2014, before seeing the first significant gain (+7.8%) in 2021 and obviously making further gains …
