Today, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced an important step in its global journey to fully replace petroleum-derived oils by 2040. For the first time in its commercial truck tires, Goodyear is replacing a portion of the petroleum-based...
Webinar will be held July 16 and will cover strategies for managing challenging conditions
A free webinar, Crop Marketing Strategies, will be presented Thursday, July 16 at 7 p.m. The featured speaker will be Steve Johnson, farm management specialist with...
The USDA says the U.S. corn and soybean harvests made solid advances over the past week. There was precipitation in parts of the Midwest and Plains over the past week, including snow in some northern areas, but overall, conditions...
While nearly 4 million tons of conventional pesticides are used annually, only a small amount-1% to 25%-reach the target organisms, leaving a large proportion released into the environment as a potential hazard. This is due to many factors such...
Increased corn rootworm (CRW) pressure on corn crops throughout the Central and Northwest Midwest in 2020 suggests there will be a need for more application of corn soil insecticides in 2021, according to an extensive survey of agricultural retailers...
The consistent success of Pioneer® brand seed products and Corteva Agriscience's commitment to innovation shine brightly through the 93 new Pioneer brand corn and soybean products being introduced to the U.S. market in 2021. These products have proven potential...
For the first time, RIPE researchers have proven that multigene bioengineering of photosynthesis increases the yield of a major food crop in field trials. After more than a decade of working toward this goal, a collaborative team led by...
On the eve of USDA's final production estimates for 2020 grain production, a new January 2021 Farm Futures survey indicates soybean stocks will shrink to historic levels.
The annual January survey was conducted December 4 - 18, 2020 and recorded...
As commodity prices heat up, the race is on for corn and soybean growers to maximize yields and return on investment potential. Enter the first-ever Field Forged Series from NK Seeds. Now available for the 2022 growing season from...
March 2021 - Kenneth Scott Zuckerberg
Key Points
U.S. farmers are in a sound financial position heading into spring 2021 given the cyclical turn in grain prices and robust government support, both of which have driven a rise in net...