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La Niña is a cooling of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator. It can have an influence on weather patterns around the world. It’s the opposite of El Niño. When a La Niña is present we sometimes see increased hurricane activity in the Atlantic Basin, and that is …
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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Concerns Rising as Flash Drought Conditions Intensify Summer temperatures have been through the roof across a large portion of the corn belt. Coupled with low and rapidly depleting soil moisture, some regions are experiencing or anticipating flash drought occurrences that could lead to major agricultural losses. The loose definition of flash drought is a drought …
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How Some Food Startups are Helping Fill Supply Chain Gaps Farmers across the country have watched helplessly as untold tons of food has literally been thrown out, left to rot, and worse for livestock producers. The domino effect of upended supply chains due to the Covid-19 pandemic has delivered a financially and emotionally devastating blow …
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