by Travis Martin | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
With frost on the jack-o-lantern, it’s time to start thinking about the next big American holiday—Thanksgiving. The good: The “turkey shortage” isn’t happening, so you won’t have to give up your holiday bird cold turkey. While finding smaller birds will be slightly...
by Travis Martin | Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Travis Martin | Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Travis Martin | Oct 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Travis Martin | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Travis Martin | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Add Deere & Co. workers to the growing labor movement happening in the U.S.—one that’s getting more and more extensive by the day. 90% of the company’s union workers rejected the proposed six-year labor contract: and now it’s time for picket signs What’s the...
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