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A group dedicated to all things cattle!
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Beef Cattle
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Here’s a group for canola growers to connect.
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Canola
Job Title: President
About: My job includes senior commodity analyst and hedging manager; I provide tailored hedge strategies for producers and end users in many market sectors including the following: Grains, Energies, Metals, Livestock, Softs; and make myself available to discuss implementation of these programs.
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Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, Wheat, Rice, Canola, Beef Cattle, Dairy, Hogs, Marketing, Feeder Cattle
Interests: Specialty/Vegetable, Organic, Agribusiness, Medicinal Herbs/Greenhouse
Interests: Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Beef Cattle, Hogs, Cover Crops, Precision Ag, Agribusiness
Interests: Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, Wheat, Specialty/Vegetable, Rice, Canola, Grain Sorghum, Beef Cattle, Dairy, Poultry, Hogs, Speciality, Cover Crops, Ag Issues in Washington, Precision Ag, Organic, Irrigation, Marketing, Agribusiness
Interests: Specialty/Vegetable, Beef Cattle, Poultry, Specialty, Cover Crops, Ag Issues in Washington, Precision Ag, Organic, Irrigation, Agribusiness, Grasses
Business Title: Kussmaul Seeds
Job Title: Dealer
About: Hello! I am a dealer for Kussmaul Seeds for Northcentral and Eastern Wisconsin. My father and I are a sales team and we love to help farmers and crop growers plan and be successful.
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Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Dairy, Cover Crops, Precision Ag, Agribusiness
Job Title: President
About: My job includes senior commodity analyst and hedging manager; I provide tailored hedge strategies for producers and end users in many market sectors including the following: Grains, Energies, Metals, Livestock, Softs; and make myself available to discuss implementation of these programs.
Interests:
Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, Wheat, Rice, Canola, Beef Cattle, Dairy, Hogs, Marketing, Feeder Cattle
Interests: Specialty/Vegetable, Organic, Agribusiness, Medicinal Herbs/Greenhouse
Interests: Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Beef Cattle, Hogs, Cover Crops, Precision Ag, Agribusiness
Interests: Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, Wheat, Specialty/Vegetable, Rice, Canola, Grain Sorghum, Beef Cattle, Dairy, Poultry, Hogs, Speciality, Cover Crops, Ag Issues in Washington, Precision Ag, Organic, Irrigation, Marketing, Agribusiness
Interests: Specialty/Vegetable, Beef Cattle, Poultry, Specialty, Cover Crops, Ag Issues in Washington, Precision Ag, Organic, Irrigation, Agribusiness, Grasses
Business Title: Kussmaul Seeds
Job Title: Dealer
About: Hello! I am a dealer for Kussmaul Seeds for Northcentral and Eastern Wisconsin. My father and I are a sales team and we love to help farmers and crop growers plan and be successful.
Interests:
Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Dairy, Cover Crops, Precision Ag, Agribusiness
Interests: Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Canola, Grain Sorghum, Beef Cattle, Dairy, Poultry, Hogs, Cover Crops, Ag Issues in Washington, Precision Ag, Timber Production, Marketing, Agribusiness
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A group dedicated to all things cattle!
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Beef Cattle
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Here’s a group for canola growers to connect.
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Canola
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If You work in Agriculture or a business supporting it, you need to join this group. Let\'s connect and help each other out.
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Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Specialty/Vegetable, Canola, Grain Sorghum, Beef Cattle, Dairy, Poultry, Hogs, Specialty, Cover Crops, Ag Issues in Washington, Precision Ag, Organic, Irrigation, Timber Production, Marketing, Agribusiness
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Valley Center Pivot Irrigation Company in Hartsville, SC.
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This group is for people who are small-scale farming or homesteading to connect with each other and share information and experiences. CSA's, organic gardening, animal husbandry, etc.
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Specialty/Vegetable, Beef Cattle, Dairy, Poultry, Hogs, Specialty, Organic, Irrigation
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Cover cropping in Western Canada
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Cover Crops
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The American Association of Urban Farmers is an organization of individuals, companies, research institutions and universities focusing on advancing Indoor Urban Farming.
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Organic, Marketing
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A group for anyone who is currently, or has an interest cultivating hemp, America's Greatest Crop!
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Ag Issues in Washington, Precision Ag, Organic, Irrigation, Marketing, Agribusiness
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We are an insurance agency dedicated to providing competitive insurance and risk transfer solutions that protect farms, families and agribusiness companies that we serve.
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Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Specialty/Vegetable, Grain Sorghum, Beef Cattle, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing, Agribusiness
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Hello everyone. I am conducting a study on animal nutrition and feed habits by farmers in North America. I am looking to network and connect with livestock farmers for the study.
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Beef Cattle, Dairy, Poultry, Hogs, Specialty
Experts warn that growing continuous peanuts or other legumes close in rotation to the peanut crop can have detrimental effects on peanuts — namely soilborne diseases. This includes leguminous cover crops. Photo by Jack Dykinga, USDA Agricultural Research Service
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”Growing peanuts and other legume crops too close in rotation to peanuts can result in white mold (shown in photo) or Cylindrocladium black rot on the peanut crop... And because peanuts are a legume, it’s discouraged from growing other legumes in rotation with them. But what about using a legume cover crop? Can you include a legume like crimson clover in a cover crop mix that will be seeded on a field that includes peanuts in the rotation?The answer is a little more complicated than just yes or no. Avoid Legumes Before Peanuts; Use Grasses InsteadBalkcom believes the rule of avoiding legumes before peanuts also applies to legume cover crops, and points out that the typical intended purpose of growing a legume cover, doesn’t make sense for growing in front a peanut crop anyway... “Well in this case, peanuts are also a legume, so they don’t have that nitrogen requirement...
Categories: Cover Crops, Peanuts
By Cierra Bray
Published 8 months ago
February 13, 2018February 13th, 2018 is the 2nd annual Canada’s Agriculture Day – a time to celebrate and draw a closer connection between Canadians, our food and the people who produce it. Our theme this year is Water Pollution from Agriculture, which is a global challenge that has increased in both developed and developing countries, undermining economic growth as well as the physical and environmental health of billions of people... Farms discharge large quantities of agrochemicals, organic matter, drug residues, sediments and saline drainage into water bodies... How can farmers reduce these devastating impacts on our environment you ask? Without the initiation of the new guideline by governments, it is up to farms to take these matters into their own hands... Leading the way are drones which are a wonderful technology that can support farmers to reduce their use of water, fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides...
Published 5 months ago
Muscarella and Vetsuypens present data showing the pattern of leverage for a sample of 72 firms that were taken private in LBOs and returned to public ownership through stock offerings about three years later... Key management personnel could be provided with a significant equity ownership either through their own investments or the improvements they achieve in operating performance. The gains to managers would have significant impact on their wealth positions... Third, the management possessed the power of unrestricted decision making; they could utilize their knowledge, could be flexible, and could make prompt decisions without several layers of hierarchical review. Fourth, the rewards of successful operations were large and significant; they provided strong motivation to key managers and employees in the new firm...
Categories: Agribusiness, Beef Cattle, Soybeans
Published 4 months ago
It’s no secret that America’s farmers are aging. In the last 35 years, the average age of American farmers has risen more than eight years to over 58 years-old... farming population continues to mature, another alarming trend develops: in the last decade, farmland values have more than doubled ... Can your farm spare a cabin while benefiting from a sweat equity deal? While access to American farmland is, in some ways, even more limited today than in generations past, there are still a number of reasons why now is a great time for young people to pursue a career in farming... For insight into blending the beginnings and endings of farming careers in 2018, we sat down with veteran farmer Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, as well as farmer and Land For Good’s Massachusetts Field Agent, Jason Silverman...
By Darren Chan
Published 1 month ago
Chitosan oligosaccharide is a low-molecular-weight product obtained by degradation of chitosan by lactate which has outstanding water-solubility and high biological activity, thus it can be easily absorbed and utilized by crops. Chitosan oligosaccharide is new green solution to control plant diseases,What’s advantages of Dora Chitosan oligosaccharide1. Increase seed germinationIt has the good effect on seed germination,after we applying on rye grass seed,its germination index increased 33. 5% and vitality index increased 59... Induce plant resistanceAfter applying chitosan oligosaccharide,by activating a plant’s immune system,it can maximize plant’s resistance ability...
Categories: Specialty/Vegetable
Published 7 months ago
From Chinese pork to Mexican mangoes, blockchain technology is already fostering direct marketing, improving traceability for compliance, reducing waste, and increasing profit margins. Lest you think this is some fringe movement, or premature technology with no practical application, food industry giants such as Walmart, Nestlé, Dole, and Unilever are actively developing blockchain technology applications with IBM... If blockchain technology can help farmers and food producers from the developing world, as well as multi-national mega-corporations, why not streamline and accelerate the distribution of your products?What is the blockchain, and how are these applications disrupting agriculture?In a nutshell, blockchain technology is creating new economic opportunities through decentralization, while enhancing security... Food safety compliance is made easier for farmers, with the supply chain more traceable than the paper and pen, and local area network systems currently in use today... Who loses?No one’s advocating for a return to the Luddite movement, but there is an understandable pushback to disruption from one sector...
Published 4 months ago
The recent article that came out this week on Seeking Alpha was posted anonymously and, while the author provides a strong argument, time (and pending lawsuits) will uncover the truth... Not for the purposes of picking on Farmland Partners but to get a good reminder of a simple business lesson that can lead to ruin if forgotten (as it often is)... The prices they have been paying for farmland in most cases was far higher than fair market value. It’s painfully obvious to type this, but an investment’s rate of return is simply determined by dividing the cash an investment produces by the price paid for the asset. That’s all you need! You can run discounted cash flow calculations, determine cap rates, IRR, etc...
Categories: Agribusiness
Published 2 months ago
10 steps to eradicate world hunger – for farmersAccording to FAO, “whether [farmers] work on small family farms or in small food enterprises, their decisions will help shape the future of food and nutrition... Promote equality“Zero Hunger can only succeed in a society that is fair and equal for all” – which means that farmers and smallholders should promote gender equality and empower indigenous peoples and youth... ” Thus, it is important that farmers diversify their crops to maintain healthy soils, regulate pests and diseases and decrease carbon dioxide in the atmosphere... Unite as cooperativesVulnerable rural populations have a harder time getting their views taken into account by policymakers, so it’s important that they unite and form local cooperatives to empower themselves... Cut post-harvest lossesBy using “adequate storage facilities,” adopting new technologies and “undergoing relevant training,” farmers can greatly reduce post-harvest losses...
Categories: Precision Ag
Published 7 months ago
agricultural industry finds itself at a precarious professional crossroads. Recent decades have resulted in a steady and significant decline in the number of working farmers in our country, for a variety of reasons. Fickle consumers, climate changes, growing conditions, and a slew of other factors beyond our control can prompt the closure of existing farms as well as deter would-be growers from launching a farming career. The changing educational landscape in America has also contributed to the dwindling numbers of farmers found here... The upswing in white-collar careers has made an impact in several trade-centric industries, including agronomy, where the average age of farmers is currently 58 years old and rising...
Published 6 months ago
They’re a long-term practice for protecting and improving the soil, which may also translate into protection and improvements for cash crops... But what about the short-term? Are there benefits growers can experience in their very first year of using cover crops?The answer is: it depends. A variety of factors can influence the early benefits of cover crops, including the soil’s current health and conditions, tillage practices, species selection and overall management. The poorer the soil, the faster the resultsOne of the fastest changes that can occur from cover cropping is the improvement of soil health... While covers can help any soil, Groff, who now runs a cover crop consulting business, says that cover crops seem to help a poorer soil quicker...
Categories: Cover Crops
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