Trimble Agriculture

JULY 5, 2023

As a lender that works exclusively in the agriculture space, AgAmerica has helped hundreds of farmers strengthen their finances. In farming, input costs typically include items like seeds, fertilizer, feed, and more. Lower Overhead Costs There are several strategies farmers can use to lower overhead costs.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

When protests reached Brussels—where the European Parliament was in session—European Union policy makers announced plans to cushion the blow from Ukraine grain imports and address bureaucratic red tape. Adding insult to injury, EU authorities allowed the import of cheap Ukrainian grain to assist that country in its ongoing war with Russia.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

They ate grains that couldn’t be sold.” Photos courtesy of Wendy Johnson) The sheep were getting sick from eating too much grain, so Johnson worked to reestablish a natural savanna, a mixed woodland and grassland ecosystem that had once been prevalent on Iowa’s landscape but was destroyed by grazing and row crops. Johnson laughs.

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Agwired

AUGUST 2, 2024

The late George Rehm, University of Minnesota (U of M) Extension soil fertility specialist, has been posthumously named the Agricultural Communicators Network (ACN) Distinguished Service Award recipient for 2024. In-person & virtual registration options are available. Early bird pricing ends August 15.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 15, 2024

Farm Equipment Tax Exemption IRS Section 179 allows farmers to deduct the cost of agriculture-related assets like tractors and grain bins from their gross income, reducing federal tax payments. Under this deduction, farmers can deduct the value of their soil fertility as an input expense on their newly acquired land.

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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Purchasing cooperatives allow members to buy inputs, such as seeds and fertilizers, at lower prices through bulk purchasing agreements. Credit unions provide financial services tailored to the agricultural sector, helping farmers secure loans and manage their finances more effectively. Buy local when possible.)

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

This approach is gaining popularity due to increasing fertilizer and pesticide costs, fragile ecosystems that provide essential water and air quality services, and increased attention for local and regional food systems. However, the long-term potential and total quantity of carbon storage is still very much up for debate.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

On one of the plots, Tim and Doug planted a standard mix using cereals only—a barley and oats mix—and added fertilizer to help with tonnage. On the next plot, they used less fertilizer but planted five crop varieties. Many cattle ranchers were forced to sell animals and import hay, while grain farmers suffered major crop losses. “We

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

MARCH 25, 2024

And have there been changes in the availability and cost of financing, uh, over that period of time?” That does not include the change in variable rate land or equipment loans or the actual increase in goods and inputs we are buying, such as fertilizer, chemicals, fuel, labor, freight, parts, insurance, and the list could go on.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

Their primary function is to manage the finances, make sure all equipment is working properly, hire and fire employees and oversee marketing and sales. Additionally, they should develop skills related to data analysis during their time spent studying in college. These individuals may be paid by commission or hourly wages.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In the 19th century, most of the land was owned by large estates and the farming was controlled by the landowners, financed in most cases by money from outside agriculture. The landowners with their expertise were proud of their estates and had sufficient finance to produce a country scene that was a pleasure to behold.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

Winter cover crops could mean using less fertilizer and herbicide in the Spring. As a kid from rural Iowa, I have joked about growing up with herbicide for breakfast, pesticide for lunch, and fertilizer for supper. Grain prices began to fall and crops weren’t worth what farmers put into them.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

Expands the types of “new or innovative conservation approaches” funded through On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials to include on-farm nutrient recycling, perennial production systems including agroforestry and perennial forages and grain crops, and livestock-related practices that reduce GHG emissions including enteric methane emissions.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Fertilizer, fuel, and labor costs increase every year, while prices hardly change. The more baroque fantasy, the tale of the miracle crop that founded a nation and ensured our freedom and financed our entry into the modern world? Linwood Scott III is a sixth-generation tobacco farmer who’s worried about the crop’s “razor-thin margin.”

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The organization introduces beneficial plants called green manure/cover crops which fertilize the soil, control weeds, and respond to periods of drought. Their Food Is Medicine Task Force aims to integrate food is medicine interventions into policy and finance to support nutrition security.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 18, 2024

They soon discovered the main source: sewage sludge spread as fertilizer. There were strong critiques of the safety of using sewage sludge as a fertilizer back in the 80s. Some farmers could no longer produce safe food due to PFAS links to cancer and other health risks.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 8, 2024

After five years, in 2021, Tyson demanded that Minh install new fans and controllers in the houses, even though the old ones worked just fine, said Nhu-Hai, who handled the finances. Kahn has met with Iowa farmers about consolidation in the fertilizer industry , and in 2023, she led a significant update to the government’s merger guidelines.

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