Technology Enables Smarter, Faster and More Adaptive Planting

“One of our biggest challenges is coming out here and planting fields that are marginal,” said Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal field agronomist.

In The Shop: Temporary Fix for Oil Leaks...?

If you've got a slow oil leak on a gearbox, possibly even an engine crankcase or hydraulic reservoir, consider this temporary fix to get you by until you have time to fix it "right."

Online Training: Growing Hemp From A to Z

In this one-hour online training, Certified Crop Advisor Bryan Parr educates farmers on the basics of how to grow hemp for grain or fiber. Click here to learn more or to register.

Life After COVID-19: Radical Becomes Mainstream

The coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has broken all the rules. What the world is facing is something economist David McWilliams likes to call a “pandession.”

State Fair Cancellations Shatter Dreams Across the Country

Heartbreaking. In one word, that’s how Kamryn Kreis, 18, describes the announcement that the Ohio State Fair had been canceled for 2020. Farm Journal’s Pork editor gets reactions as COVID-19 causes state fairs to cancel.

ACAM Poll

Have you employed conservation methods to reduce farm runoff? Tell us why or why not.

The New Cash Crop: Carbon

An ecosystem service market, “is like a digital crop that you can sell."

Join our $100 Ideas Club

Think you have an idea worth $100 – or even $200? Submit it here! Upon publication in Farm Journal, the Double Your Money winner receives $200. Other farmers featured receive $100 each.

U.S. Ground Beef Sales Up $1 Billion In 2020

Through May 17, U.S. ground beef sales increased more than $1 billion compared to the same period last year. That’s just some of COVID-19’s impact on retail meat and poultry markets, says Anne-Marie Roerink, president of 210 Analytics.

American Farmers #FarmON

This is not our first rodeo. Even in the face of COVID-19, farmers are resilient and working as hard as ever. Click here to see the photos submitted by your fellow farmers. Then share how you #FarmON by texting FarmON to 31313 to submit your photo or video.

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