Augmented Reality Gives New View of Seed Treatments

“Especially with seed treatments, it can be complex to really understand how they work and the threats they are protecting the plants against,” explains A.J. Hohmann, U.S. marketing manager at Bayer SeedGrowth.

Robotic Milking Experience to Open At Fair Oaks Farm

Mike and Sue McCloskey have been building the robotic facility on their Fair Oaks dairy for well over a year. The cows were first milked with robots in April.

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5 Ways to Keep the Family Farm Farming

“When we pass down the family farm, we often think we are giving our children a huge gift,” says Shannon Ferrell, professor of agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University. “But if we don’t have a good succession plan set in place, we’re actually giving our children a huge burden.”

Profit Tracker: Margins See Modest Gains

Feedyard closeouts improved modestly last week with a $1 increase in cash fed cattle prices.

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Sukup Manufacturing Names New President and CEO

Sukup Manufacturing has announced a leadership succession within the second generation of Sukup family members.

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Move Over Cereal; Coffee is Milk’s New Best Friend

The dairy industry is going through major transformation, not just with technology, but how shoppers want to consume milk and why. Statistics show a drop in cereal consumption could be hurting milk demand.

Polk County, IA

Finished up corn last night. Had to load on the road as the fields and lane were too muddy and soft. 183. bu/a dry, 21 bu under the APH. Moisture was 18.3 and test weight of 51. Everything better than expected, considering what the crops went through. Everything going to get locked down, selling nothing. Will take a chance that prices will get back to break even + next year. Forget the tariffs, what if we or the world have more weather issues?

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