Seed companies invest billions in R&D annually to bring new genetics, traits and more to your farm. We want to introduce you to a few of the faces behind the innovations. Learn more about their story and the challenges they face. Here’s the third of an eight-part series. Eighteen-year-old Bob Reiter had his heart set on a career in agriculture economics, that is, until his economics professor failed to show up for freshman orientation. By happenstance, a horticulture professor took him under his wing—kicking off what would become an industry-impacting career. The Canada native entered ..read more

Introduction Of FS19 – Farming Simulator 2019 FS19 Farming Simulator is so realistic to real life farming. With all the tractors like John Deere, FarmTrac, good old Ford, New Holland, International, Massey Ferguson etc. And with all the Harvesters you can think about. Realistic Dairy’s with Cows and trailers. So many more equipment’s you can use. If anyone’s surprised by the appeal of running a virtual farm and delighting in the minutiae of its mechanical equipment, they shouldn’t be. The Farming Simulator series demonstrates our love for seeing the familiar recreated meticulously, and the irr ..read more

Earlier this spring, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the long-awaited 2017 Census of Agriculture – a once every five years report that has been in publication since 1840. The Census of Agriculture is a critical tool for farmers, researchers, and food/farm activists because of the wealth of data it contains about everything from farmer demographics to cover crop acreage. Because farmers and ranchers work so intimately with the land and our shared natural resources, understanding the prevalence and impact of conservation activities is a critical part of ..read more

The Department of Agriculture issued a proposal for how to treat genetically modified crops in the future, amounting to an overhaul. As with plenty of other products, the regulation of genetically modified crops generally moves much faster than the regulation. The Trump administration recently announced a proposal for what they call the first “comprehensive revision” of the rules for regulating GM crops since 1987 (at least, if it’s approved; the Obama administration also proposed one). So what does it look like? The biggest revision for GM crops would be an exemption for those pr ..read more

China is facing a number of growing pains, but one in particular has proved more taxing than most: How can China feed its rapidly growing population as the land suitable for cultivation disappears? The country’s agriculture industry has long been rife with inefficiency, but now the government is doing something about it, ploughing billions into agricultural technology, or AgTech, as a means of maximizing resources –and a raft of private-sector companies are following this lead…And if China, the world’s biggest agricultural producer, can manage to produce more with less, they can ..read more

Seed companies invest billions in R&D annually to bring new genetics, traits and more to your farm. We want to introduce you to a few of the faces behind the innovations. Learn more about their story and the challenges they face. Here’s the third of an eight-part series. Eighteen-year-old Bob Reiter had his heart set on a career in agriculture economics, that is, until his economics professor failed to show up for freshman orientation. By happenstance, a horticulture professor took him under his wing—kicking off what would become an industry-impacting career. The Canada native entered coll ..read more

Introduction Of FS19 – Farming Simulator 2019 FS19 Farming Simulator is so realistic to real life farming. With all the tractors like John Deere, FarmTrac, good old Ford, New Holland, International, Massey Ferguson etc. And with all the Harvesters you can think about. Realistic Dairy’s with Cows and trailers. So many more equipment’s you can use. If anyone’s surprised by the appeal of running a virtual farm and delighting in the minutiae of its mechanical equipment, they shouldn’t be. The Farming Simulator series demonstrates our love for seeing the familiar recreated meticulously, and the ir ..read more

Earlier this spring, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the long-awaited 2017 Census of Agriculture – a once every five years report that has been in publication since 1840. The Census of Agriculture is a critical tool for farmers, researchers, and food/farm activists because of the wealth of data it contains about everything from farmer demographics to cover crop acreage. Because farmers and ranchers work so intimately with the land and our shared natural resources, understanding the prevalence and impact of conservation activities is a critical part of understanding ..read more

The Department of Agriculture issued a proposal for how to treat genetically modified crops in the future, amounting to an overhaul. As with plenty of other products, the regulation of genetically modified crops generally moves much faster than the regulation. The Trump administration recently announced a proposal for what they call the first “comprehensive revision” of the rules for regulating GM crops since 1987 (at least, if it’s approved; the Obama administration also proposed one). So what does it look like? The biggest revision for GM crops would be an exemption for those projects tha ..read more

China is facing a number of growing pains, but one in particular has proved more taxing than most: How can China feed its rapidly growing population as the land suitable for cultivation disappears? The country’s agriculture industry has long been rife with inefficiency, but now the government is doing something about it, ploughing billions into agricultural technology, or AgTech, as a means of maximizing resources –and a raft of private-sector companies are following this lead…And if China, the world’s biggest agricultural producer, can manage to produce more with less, they can help teach the ..read more