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April 25, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Electric Farm: Rick Rottinghaus Plots A Future Beyond Gasoline And Diesel
 
Iowa farmer Rick Rottinghaus is riding a swelling tide threatening to crash across the globe. The “electric” economy is ready to roll into town this decade as battery technology improves, renewable power generation expands and automakers buy in to a future powered by something other than gasoline and diesel.
 
 
 

For a developed country as large as the U.S., rail capabilities are far from robust. John Phipps breaks down rail use and how it fits into the country's infrastructure system.

John Phipps: Is the Solution to Moving Grain Faster an Upgrade to U.S. Railways?
 
 
 

The Inflation Reduction Act extended several energy tax credits and enacted new energy credits, including Section 45Z — the Clean Fuel Production Credit. Most of this provision provides a credit to producers of energy with a lower carbon footprint, which includes ethanol producers.

Will Section 45Z Create
 
 
 

“This is how we’ve always done it.” “You’ve got to turn the dirt black.” These are just two of the many excuses Nate Huntley hears about why farmers are skeptical about cover crops, trying new manure application or lowering carbon emissions.

What Holds Farmers Back from Trying New Farming Practices?
 
 
 

Love eating fried foods? Why they may not be bad just for your waistline, in today's AgDay Minute.

Snow Melt Causing Major Flooding Along Upper Mississippi River
 
 
 
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