by Travis Martin | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s been a bumpy ride for the pork industry recently. And while the attitude has been a bit doom and gloom, things are starting to look up. Processing lines slowed down on June 30, after a ruling based upon the USDA New Swine Inspection System (NSIS) which struck...
by Travis Martin | Sep 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
The only thing standing between you and your weekly bread purchase might actually be… a farm cooperative’s software firewall. Iowa-based New Cooperative Inc. was the victim of a cybersecurity attack last weekend. According to Bloomberg News, the co-op received...
by Travis Martin | Sep 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Your morning brew may soon look a little more red, white, and blue. Thanks to some enterprising farmers, a forward-thinking American coffee company, and a changing climate, coffee farms are popping up in Southern California—and this may be just the beginning. Give me...
by Travis Martin | Sep 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
At least eight companies have launched a carbon credit program in just the past two years. And the carbon solution craze continues. Most recently? EarthOptics, a U.S. soil mapping startup aiming to reduce farmers’ carbon release, just raised $10.3M in a Series A...
by Travis Martin | Sep 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
As if producers were looking to fight yet another challenge this growing season… a battle-tested pest has arrived. Fall armyworm moths hopped on a cold jet stream and rode out of the South, landing in northern states like Michigan, Iowa, and Ohio, and leaving a path...
by Travis Martin | Sep 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
After 15 days of intense training at an indoor lab in Dummerstorf, Germany, 11 out of 16 Holstein calves hit a milestone that stormed the global news cycle and made every Holstein proud. They learned how to potty (No. 1 only) in the “MooLoo,” a small,...
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