Cover Crop Decisions: Thorough Planning Increases The Odds For Success

“Don’t plant a cover crop because you feel pressure from neighbors or speakers at meetings,” Ferrie advises. “Decide what you what to accomplish.” Financial incentives, such as subsidies or the opportunity to sell carbon credits, are valid reasons. So is obtaining extra grazing or suppressing weeds.

AgLaunch and Farm Journal Announce Cutting-Edge Startups for the 2021 AgLaunch365 Row Crop Challenge

The 10 Row Crop Challenge startups were chosen by a panel of farmers that selected innovations based on their potential to address key problems in U.S. row crop agriculture.

Ag Businesses Promote COVID-19 Vaccination, But Not OSHA Mandate

Organizations representing rural businesses say the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is not the tool needed to promote more vaccinations and could be damaging to the ag supply chain.

Senators Compromise To Send Cattle Market Proposal Forward

Four U.S. Senators announced they’ve reached a compromise on measures they see as improvements to the cattle market, combining components of previous bills into a new Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.

Farm Country Updates

Is agriculture ready for the supply chain issues the industry will face in the next 12 months? Learn what industry experts expect the biggest challenges to be, what farmers, ranchers and the businesses that support them need to be prepared for and how supply chain issues could affect ag financing, markets and trade.