Suspected Soy Surge

Suspected Soy Surge

Shell your corn, clean that corn head, and park it in the back of the shed. A host of analysts agree you may not need it as much next year. S&P Global Platts is making an early and conservative prediction that three million suspected U.S. corn acres will move to...
Deep Down on the Farm

Deep Down on the Farm

What does the future of food production look like when we’ve maxed out the remaining arable land? Good question. Half of the planet’s habitable land is used for ag. Combine pastures used for grazing with the acreage used to grow feed, and you get 77% of global farming...
Bayer tells Investors:

Bayer tells Investors:

Even as Bayer’s glyphosate plant in Louisiana was offline for more than five weeks because of Hurricane Ida, and concerns about supply chain issues are causing farmers heartburn, the company told their investors that Bayer’s expected earnings are fiiiiine. “We...
Ecto Goes Fishing, Catches $7M

Ecto Goes Fishing, Catches $7M

Ecto has o-fish-ally raised $7M in its Series A funding round—led by Rabobank’s venture fund and Aqua-Spark, with new investor Seventure Partners joining existing investors Yield Lab and Vodia Ventures. Ecto, a U.S. company founded in 2013, is the creator of software...