Slideshow: Before you receive those new bags of seed corn, multiple steps must occur, including breeding, planting, detasseling, harvesting and processing. Here is a closer look.

Seed reps offer expertise and familiarity with available hybrids, but research — both on the farm and in the office — ensures decisions are data-driven and not solely based on sales pitches. Balance ...

Also interesting to watch are the robotic platforms coming to the marketplace. Burro has a proven system that can be purchased or rented. Farm-ng offers modular robotic platforms that can be ...

Make a list. When it comes time to writing the Christmas letter, it always helps me when I make a list of big accomplishments or events that happened for everyone throughout the year. These are things ...

Reports of Brazil positioning itself as a global supplier for sustainable aviation fuels ring true for Matthew Kruse, president of Commstock Investments. Kruse, who farms in Iowa and Brazil, sees this ...

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Both the borrower and lender add value when goals and the ultimate outcomes are documented in writing and then communicated. This often can be a major step in assessing financial progress or when ...

First, there was Erwin and Ida. Then Roland and Arlene. Today, it’s Ben and Lisa. Ben Riensche intones the names of his ancestors, and adds himself and his wife as he lifts his hand to a photo of the ...