by Travis Martin | May 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
A (not so) dynamic duo: Skyrocketing fertilizer prices and lack of availability have many farmers concerned for this season. According to the Purdue Ag Economy Barometer, 26% of farmers surveyed are having difficulty with fertilizer availability. Average fertilizer...
by Travis Martin | May 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Moove out of the way, ticks: Brazilian company Decoy Smart Control, whose biological pest-control product offers a non-toxic option for killing ticks on livestock, just raised $2M in funding. How it works: The biocontrol product uses two species of fungi that can kill...
by Travis Martin | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sign me up. That was the attitude of many farmers who took advantage of the general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) application process that closed on March 11. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on Tuesday that the USDA accepted offers for 2.07M acres of CRP...
by Travis Martin | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
A Brazillion dollars: Startup company Solinftec, which has headquarters in Brazil and the U.S., has raised $60M in an investment round to expand precision agriculture. So precise: The company serves farmers and agribusinesses who grow crops ranging from sugarcane,...
by Travis Martin | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Things are getting Nutrien-teresting. As the world’s largest fertilizer company, Canada-based Nutrien is considering additional increases in potash production due to limited shipments from Russia and Belarus. Those limitations have been no small hit, since the two...
by Travis Martin | May 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
This year is shaping up to be the driest California has ever seen, with records dating back to 1895. Entering the third year of *severe* drought, today’s megadrought conditions (aka: low to no precipitation and higher temperatures) show no signs of subsiding. And...
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