Today is officially the first day of Fall, with Winter officially set to begin on December 21. Before it was called “Fall”, it was called “Autumn”, and before then it was called “Harvest”. While the modern names of winter and summer have been around for more than 1,000 years, the names of fall and spring …
The meteorological fall began Tuesday, September 1 and the autumnal equinox occurs September 23, leaving many in the trade looking for temperatures to really start cooling down. Below you will find some guesstimates, the maps show the date when selected cities see their average low temperature first dip to 50 degrees or lower. Of course …
This is one you don’t want to miss as it features Andy Daniels, Carter Williams, John Newton, Darwin Melynk and myself. Overall, we discuss hot topics that are having and will have impact on our businesses and lives including the China trade deal, grain markets, our overall economy, the upcoming Presidential election, the growing wealth gap, …
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Corn, Corn, Corn… What an Amazing Plant! With ethanol demand wavering a bit many of my friends and partners in the ag space are wondering when the next great invention will emerge that uses corn? Let’s hope it happens sooner rather than later:) In all seriousness, corn is truly an incredible plant with an astonishing …
“Camping Apps” Offering Income Streams for Landowners Camping may well end up being the top vacation activity this year with options to “get away from it all” severely limited under the pandemic. It makes sense that tech entrepreneurs have taken notice and are trying to capitalize on the trend with apps that help find camping …
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Agronomists Warn Corn Rootworm Pressure is Rising Producers have barely even begun to harvest this year’s corn crop but already need to start making decisions for next year. One of those is assessing corn rootworm threat, which agronomists say is likely to be high in 2021. Ron Beyer, a Golden Harvest agronomist who works with …
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New Milestone in Herbicide Resistance Fight Herbicide-resistant weeds are an ever-growing menace for crop producers in every part of the U.S. as well as other major agricultural regions around the world. Three of the most noxious agricultural weeds are waterhemp, smooth pigweed, and Palmer amaranth which lead to untold production losses on top of additional …
True Story of a Gritty Farmer Who Won the “Toughest Race in the World” I shared this story once before a few years back, but it must be recirculating because it came back across my desk. I think it’s awesome and worth sharing again. Farmer Cliff Young may best be remembered as the man most …
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Agencies Team on Next-Gen Fertilizer Competition The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have launched the Next Gen Fertilizer Challenges, a joint project designed to identify and accelerate the development of next-gen, sustainable fertilizer technologies. The first two challenges are seeking proposals for new and existing fertilizer technologies that …
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