This was sent my way the other day by a good friend. It made me think how long before we are planting other things? These tree-planting drones are firing seed missiles to restore the world’s forests. In a remote field south of Yangon, Myanmar, tiny mangrove saplings are now roughly 20 inches tall. Last September, …
BioCarbon Engineering Drone Plants Thousands of Trees Each Day Read More »
Most Americans are very familiar with the Pillsbury Company which has given us a host of iconic products, including the company’s Classic Yellow Cake Mix, every flavor of pre-made frosting, and those addictive Crescent Rolls. Pillsbury’s marketing efforts for its various brands also generated iconic characters like the Doughboy and Jolly Green Giant. The company …
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This is one you don’t want to miss as Jordan and I discuss the current grain markets, what’s happening in Bitcoin, the shift towards a paperless money world, post corona thoughts, Thanksgiving turkey news, AgSwag updates, and current investment ideas. https://www.farmtank.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Beans-Bitcoin-and-Turkey.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
Thanksgiving is probably going to look different for a lot of folks this year, for the obvious reasons. One thing that probably won’t change for a lot of families in America is the menu. Some people are planning to scale things back to serve fewer people this year but most I’ve talked to are dead …
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Drought is plaguing a large portion of the U.S. with more dire conditions building to the West and in parts of the Midwest. According to the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers almost 40% of the United States, with the worst drought categories (extreme to exceptional drought) at about 15.7%. In …
Drought Impacting Rangeland, Water Supplies in West Read More »
It’s that time of year… make sure you have your orders placed if you are buying fresh birds from a local retailer, I’ve hard supplies could be a little tight in some areas. My grandpa always told me there were several tricks to picking the right bird for Thanksgiving. Through the years of travel and …
The Dow Jones futures index traded to an all-time record high of 30,000 yesterday, this first modern American stock index was created by a not well-educated farm boy with little money named Charles Henry Dow. Mr. When the young Charles Dow left the family farm for the big city, there was exactly no one predicting …
How a Farmer From Connecticut Became the Most Well-Known Name in Finance Read More »
There has been a lot of questions and information circulating as of late regarding China and their cotton and corn commodities. Below are some of the numbers and headlines floating around inside the trade. (Sources: USDA, Wall Street Journal, DimSums, South China Post, JCI, American Farm Bureau, Reuters) Cotton – China’s cotton market has been drawing …
With all the kids and grandkids out running around, I wanted to pass along some interesting facts about “hedge apples” and the good old hedge tree. When I was a kid I loved to gather hedge apples and throw them at all kinds of things. Some things I certainly shouldn’t have been throwing them at …
It’s That Time of Year… Hedge Apples Are Everywhere! Read More »
Agriculture businesses are increasing their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) to a greater degree than any other industry aside from insurance, even as a majority say they are concerned that other countries are becoming more advanced than the U.S. in the fields of AI development and implementation. That’s according to the third annual RELX Emerging …
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