by Travis Martin | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Where’s the beef? Apparently not on farms… at least not as many head as there were last year. That’s according to the Cattle Inventory Report just released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). In fact, the size of the U.S. cattle herd is smaller...
by Travis Martin | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Pinched profits are sending farmer sentiment to its second-lowest level since July 2020. The Purdue University/CME Ag Economy Barometer is a survey of 400 producers, aiming to measure the health of the U.S. ag economy. And January’s report reflects all the bitter...
by Travis Martin | Feb 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Danone North America sure is milking its soil health program. The company launched the program in 2017 to improve organic matter in soils. As the fourth year of the five-year initiative wraps up, the company has seen progress toward goals like increasing carbon...
by Travis Martin | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Investors are drinking the Kula-aid. Kula Bio, a startup company focusing on developing biofertilizers to compete with synthetic options, has raised $50M in a fundraising round. How it works: The company produces Kula-N, a sustainable nitrogen fertilizer that touts...
by Travis Martin | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
There’s been a boom in H-2A workers the last 5 years—and there’s about to be a boom in their wages, too. Many H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural workers will be receiving a significant pay raise in 2022, according to the recently published 2022 Adverse Effects Wage Rates...
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