…Too many of administrative delays. If workers arrive a week late, some of these crops may as well remain in the field. There are at lease sixteen crops in twenty-two…
Agri View: More Ag Technology
…develop the next generation of plants, seed and chemical elements that will keep the volume of crops and livestock on the rise. Without that laboratory progress half of the world…
Economic Analysis of the 2016 CA Drought for Ag
…This is roughly 14 percent less than a normal statewide surface water supply for crops. This shortage is reduced with nearly 1.9 million acre-foot of additional groundwater pumping for a…
Agrium in Merger Talks with Potash Corp.
…and products to our grower customers to help them increase their yields and returns on hundreds of different crops. With a focus on sustainability, the company strives to improve the…
DOJ Seeks to Stop Deere from Purchasing Monsanto’s Precision Planting Division
…plant crops accurately at higher speeds. The acquisition would deny farmers throughout the country the benefits of competition that has spurred innovation, improved quality and lowered prices. The department filed…
USDA Sharply Revises Farm Income Forecasts
…(-0.9 percent), corn (-0.1 percent), soybeans and peanuts (-1.0 percent), and other field crops (2.8 percent) are expected to perform moderately well, while NCFI for specialty crop farm businesses (fruits,…
Japan to Resume Importing U.S. Wheat
Earlier this month, Japan halted imports of western white and feed wheat from the pacific coast ports after unapproved genetically modified crops were found in an unplanted field in Washington…
Farm Futures Releases 2017 Planting Intentions
…addition to soybeans, the two other crops that could pull acres away from corn are cotton and sorghum. Plantings for both crops are expected to be around one percent higher…
Agri View: Food Safety
…it is in Norway. It was built in 2008 to hold seed in the event some catastrophe should destroy our crops. What I didn’t know is, this is just one…
Algeria Returns to U.S. Corn
…crops. Among the Council’s coming programs are procurement courses for Algerian buyers of U.S. corn, scheduled to take place in Fargo, North Dakota, this September, and a workshop to continue…
Breaking Down Belt Pesticide Ban
…marketed in the U.S. as Bayer’s Belt Insecticide. Eight years ago, the EPA allowed registration for the product for use on 200 crops. It’s used widely in California on crops…
Western View: Just What is Ag Big Data
…your crops. This story is so vital that middle-man operations are springing up that collect these stories and put them together to resell to the big boys. These companies –…
Squishy Tomatoes
…of the tomato fruit. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Nottingham) The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the most valuable fruit crops in the world with an annual global…
ChemChina / Syngenta Merger
…use of available resources. Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown. We are committed…