Given the dry conditions that prevailed in Iowa in 2023, there will be herbicide carryover in 2024. Suspect herbicides that are likely to carry over include but are not limited to atrazine, clopyralid and the various HPPD inhibitor herbicides. Specifically, the accuracy, evenness and timing (i.e., later in the season) of the 2023 herbicide applications can increase the potential for interactions with the 2024 herbicides. However, just because herbicide residues exist in the soil does not mean crops will succumb to herbicide injury. If spring conditions are not stressful to the 2024 crop, herbi ..read more

Supply and demand drive cattle prices. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service compiles a wealth of information regarding cattle supply from surveys of producers. It publishes that in Cattle on Feed reports. Using a balance-sheet approach ensures that estimates are as accurate as possible. Cattle on feed at the beginning of the month, plus placements, minus fed-cattle marketings and other disappearance should equal cattle on feed at the beginning of the next month. “Other disappearance” includes death loss, cattle movement from feedlots to pasture and ship ..read more

Nitrification-inhibitor products – either alone or in combination with an urease inhibitor – reduced N2O emissions by 38% to 43% compared to untreated urea in spring wheat in southern Manitoba. However, there were few yield or grain protein benefits to using the EEFs products. Environment and Climate Change Canada has set a goal to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogen (N) fertilizer by 30% below 2020 levels by 2030. Reducing nitrous oxide N2O emissions will be a key strategy to meeting this goal, while maintaining or increasing crop yields. A Canadian Prairie research st ..read more

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s revision of the GREET model has sparked concern among corn growers over new sustainable fuel standards ..read more

The Growing Home with BASF initiative was launched in Western Canada in 2023 as a way to give back to the communities where BASF customers live, work and play.  BASF will distribute $100,000 between four organizations in four provinces to support local initiatives in rural Canadian communities This year’s program received 624 nominations from growers, which were narrowed down to 12 finalists, three each in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. The $25,000 contribution from BASF to each of the winning organizations will help fund initiatives that promote the health and sustainabilit ..read more

As humankind evolved from a nomadic hunter-gatherer society into agricultural-based settlement populations, there is a reason domesticated bovine played a major role as a farmed species. Cattle are hardy and resilient, defending themselves against many potentially harmful viruses, bacteria and parasitic burdens. That said, as their caregivers, there are scenarios where beef cattle producers can help ease that burden by implementing some simple barriers against disease to keep their herds productive and healthy.   1. Grazing leases and shared pastures Producers can play a proactive role in ..read more

Railway employees could strike later in May ..read more

Contract discussions between CNH Industrial and union-represented workers at the Fargo, N.D., plant were described by a union leader as "intense"" in an April 24 report from KFGO ..read more

CNH and Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial communication networks, today announced a collaboration that will be the first to provide farmers ubiquitous access to the internet via a ruggedized satellite communications (SATCOM) service ..read more

Creative use of the metalcasting process on row-cleaner shoe assembly placed the iron exactly where needed & delivered Orthman Manufacturing with a 35% cost savings ..read more