Agriculture

Sri Lanka’s government was recently toppled amid the worst economic crisis since the island nation gained independence in 1948. The country’s ruling Rajapaksa family is blamed for severely mismanaging the economy, resulting in a default on Sri Lanka’s sovereign debt, the collapse of its currency, and a humanitarian crisis due to a severe shortage of …

GREAT LESSON – How Sri Lanka’s Organic Farming Experiment Went Terribly Wrong Read More »

The world’s first ammonia-powered zero-emissions tractor successfully completed its first demonstration run at the Advanced Energy Center at Stony Brook University in New York last week.  The midsized John Deere tractor had its diesel engine replaced with an “ammonia to power” system developed by a startup called Amogy. The system converts the energy-dense chemical into …

World’s First Ammonia-Powered Zero-Emissions Tractor Starts Testing Read More »

Brewster Ranch is hard to get your head around being half the size of Rhode Island with over 424,000 contiguous acres. If you are looking for a Legacy Ranch with great hunting and fishing this is is impressive. East to West it runs about 57 miles from the Bullis Fold on the Lower Canyons of …

Rags-to-Riches Owner Puts “Brewster Ranch” on the Market Read More »

If Emily Burchfield, author of a recent study and assistant professor in Emory’s Department of Environmental Sciences is correct, the U.S. government might start to take a fresh look at what crops get subsidized and in what areas.  Don’t kill the messenger on this one. This study was sent my way last week and it …

INTERESTING READ… Study Shows Crop Growth Locations Could Dramatically Shift Read More »

Agriculture and Arctic are two words you don’t often see used in combination. But as the world’s climate continues to shift, scientists predict rising temperatures in the circumpolar north will enable a substantial expansion of food production. Farming is not easy in the Earth’s northern-most regions, but it’s not impossible. Farming in the Arctic traces back …

Will Future Generations be Farming in the Arctic? Are There Buying Opportunities? Read More »

Australian company “Goanna Ag” is making its GoField water management system commercially available in the U.S. The water-efficiency system is designed to measure crop water stress and predict future water needs in real time. Goanna is currently trialing the system in U.S. corn and cotton crops in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Goanna’s …

Agtech Company Promises “More Crop Per Drop” With New Sensor Tech Read More »

J.R. Simplot, who died on this day in 2008 had the inherent ability to see possibilities where others saw obstacles. He also had the resolve to act on them. Simplot struck out on his own as a 14-year-old after his father refused to let him attend a basketball game. The story is his mother gave …

J.R. Simplot… Great Rags-to-Riches Story! Read More »

Pastureland conditions this year are off to the worst start for the grazing season since the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began keeping track in 1995. The terrible conditions are the result of the prolonged drought across the country, with about half the U.S. cattle herd within an area experiencing some level of drought. As …

Drought Continues to Pull Cattle Forward, Limiting Beef Production Outlook for 2023 Read More »

Meteorologists were reversing course on predictions that the La Niña weather anomaly is on its way out. Defying earlier patterns that showed La Niña was breaking down, forecasters warn the cycle will return for a rare third year in a row, bringing with it more weather risks for crops across the globe.     The …

Rare, Third Year of La Niña Poses Another Season of Extreme Weather Risks for Crops Read More »

About 93 million Americans living today are the direct descendants of “homesteaders” those who filed claims under the “Homestead Act” which was signed on this day in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln. Sadly, however, most of us have seen the recent stats that show the majority of the 33 million schoolchildren in this country today …

“Homestead Act”… More Than the Start of Our Family Legacy Read More »