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January 12, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
How John Deere Turned Steel into Gold and Won Farming’s Plow Wars
 
In February 2023, the last John Deere moldboard plow—a 6-bottom with coulters, listed at $67,000—will come off the factory line.
 
 
 

Inside The Business Of Selling Seed

Clayton Cunningham, Seed Hub manager at Crops 63 for Ceres Solutions, shares the main driver in farmers picking their seed choices.

 
 
 

Corn Yield Record Shattered By Farmer’s 459.51 Dryland Bushels

Russell Hedrick smashed dryland corn yield records in 2022. He averaged 268 bushels across his operation, including 40 acres at 368 bpa—bookended by a contest spot at a stunning 459.51 bpa.

 
 
 

3 Consumer Trends Farmers Can’t Afford to Ignore

Consumer preferences can totter between fads and trends. For farmers to capitalize on consumer demands, they must be able to sort out which market opportunities to pursue, says Rob Dongoski with Ernst & Young.

 
 
 

Brazil is Short on Bin Space As Grain Output Outpaces Storage Capacity

The 2022/23 crop season could post two records in Brazil: a record 313 million tons of soybeans, corn, cotton, rice and wheat and a record storage deficit of more than 100 million tons.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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