New Paths To Farm Profitability

A new initiative called the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC) is designed to help farmers’ bottom lines in the form of cost-sharing, cash incentives and long-term contracts in exchange for providing good stewardship of  resources.

Manure Management Practices Can Cut P Losses By Over 50%

Stateler Family Farms, McComb, Ohio, finishes 16,000 pigs each year, resulting in tons of manure. The good news? All of it—about 2.4 million gallons Duane Stateler estimates—goes to fertilize the family’s cropland or is sold to area farmers for the same purpose.

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USTR Ag Negotiator: "Very Doable" For China To Buy $80 Bil. In U.S. Ag

“The purchase commitment on the part of China is based upon a base year of $24 billion of ag purchases, which occurred in 2017,” said Doud. “What China has agreed to do is buy an additional $32 billion over the next two years on top of the $24 billion.”

Farm Journal Year in Review

Check out 2019's Farm Journal covers, and cover stories to see what made the biggest headlines.

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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. Send us what you've got!

Field Makeover Improves Soil Health and Profits

“Improving soil health means sustaining productivity and profitability, not just for ourselves but for future generations,” Ferrie says. “It requires a systems approach because healthy soil involves many components.”

Hemp College Coming to a City Near You

Miss the first few Hemp Colleges? Don’t worry, we’re coming to Chicago, Raleigh, Portland and more. Find one near you.

Physician Warns of Farmer’s Lung Illness Due to Wet Year

A wet year on the farm may cause some big-time health issues like hypersensitivity pneumonitis, known as farmer’s lung.

Knox County, IL

Most beans below average. Corn wet, refused to dry down. Way more 28%+ corn was harvested than normal. Some area test weights in the upper 40s was reported. Our corn weighed 53 lbs and was common, 56 rare and 59 lbs (just one load) was the unicorn. First half planted May 16th and second half planted June 4-11, huge ears, looked really good. Turned out to be worst whole farm average yield we've had going back to at least 1993. Never doing that again. At the end of the day, beans went 57 (down 8 from 2018) and corn went 180 (down 55 from 2018), and I actually feel fortunate. Some had it worse.

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