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Precision Ag News 1/16

Agwired

Summit Agro announced that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation has approved the use of Regev hybrid fungicide in the state. It is labeled for use on soybeans, corn, cotton and potatoes as well as other cereal grains, brassicas, cucurbits and fiber type plants. Sales of Ag tractors fell 11.3

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Understanding the farmer protests 

Sustainable Food Trust

This is because the subsidies have been unconditional and the market has been brutal; they have used, as the NFU likes to say, ‘all the tools in the toolbox’, i.e., nitrogen fertiliser and pesticides, to continuously increase their food production in order to stay in business.

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Why Farm Lending Needs to Change 

Trimble Agriculture

Combined with a poor grain season overseas, farmers achieved an economic high they expected to last for years to come. Farmers are using GPS-guided tractors to plow fields and drones to precisely apply pesticides. This led to industry-wide expansion, inflated land prices, and high rates of borrowing.

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Commentary: America’s Cropland – Talk Is Cheap When It Comes to Sustainability or Organic Farming

Daily Yonder

As a kid from rural Iowa, I have joked about growing up with herbicide for breakfast, pesticide for lunch, and fertilizer for supper. I was 10 years old when neighbors began using crop dusters to apply pesticides and herbicides. Grain prices began to fall and crops weren’t worth what farmers put into them.

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The Impact of Farm Coops: Navigating Tariffs

Farmbrite

Farming coops can look into partnerships with beneficial businesses for things like tractors, cattle management software , crop management software , and other helpful partnerships. turning grain into flour or milk into cheese), which may face different tariff structures or allow for premium pricing. Buy local when possible.)

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

In a county that was intentionally poisonedand a world suffering from a changing climatehe is reviving the soil under his feet by transitioning away from pesticide-dependent row crops like tobacco to industrial hemp, which is known to sequester carbon and remediate soil, and using earth-friendly organic and regenerative methods.

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On Farm Systems and Being Prepared (but Anti-Prepper)

Hartwood Farm

Those commitments could include a particular set of tractors and implements, or certain field layouts or greenhouses or barns or market delivery systems and so on. Even if big farmers get the highest commodity grain prices in ages, their input costs might turn their growing season into a financial train wreck.

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