AGDAILY

01/14/2025

JBS USA introduced strict compliance measures, including a zero-tolerance policy for child labor violations in its supply chain.

The U.S. Department of Labor has reached an agreement with JBS USA to provide $4 million to support individuals and communities impacted by child labor.

01/14/2025

The assets owned by at least one major foreign stakeholder declined.

Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land surged by 1.58 million acres, driven by renewable energy projects, with Canada leading.

01/14/2025

The new HSD line replaces the largest models from the 2680H series.

Deere's new high-speed disk series improves residue flow, boosts frame strength, and is autonomy-ready to enhance field finish and reduce operational time.

01/14/2025

Even people outside of production agriculture have likely heard of ethanol before, but few probably know what is it exactly and how is it made.

Ethanol production from agriculture is an example of how farming can intersect with renewable energy, allowing economic opportunities and sustainability.

01/14/2025

John Deere's newly launched JDLink Boost uses satellite connectivity through Elon Musk's Starlink network to ensure customers continue seamless work in fields where they have little-to-no cellular coverage.

A secure and faster connection in the field provides farmers real-time access to their machine and agronomic data. Improved connectivity allows for timely decision-making regarding irrigation, fertilization, pest control and harvesting. Precision ag technologies that benefit from improved connectivity include:

- In-Field Data Sharing: Data sharing in real time can optimize resource use, leading to more efficient application processes and reduced waste.
- AutoPath: Automating the creation of paths based on field boundaries can reduce setup time for more efficient field work.
- Remote Monitoring & Alerts: Identifying issues of inefficiencies as they occur helps ensure equipment is running at optimal levels.
- Connected Support: Customers and dealers can better collaborate for faster response times to any issues with solutions like Expert Alerts, Service ADVISOR Remote, and Remote Display Access.
- See & Spray: Real-time transmission of agronomic and machine data from sensors and cameras mounted on the sprayer, enabling immediate analysis and response.
Harvest Automation: Integration of various sensors and automated systems that control combines, ensuring crops are harvested efficiently without missing any areas.

01/14/2025

These seven advancements have changed how we farm for the better.

As productive farmland continues to be lost to development, we celebrate seven recent advancements that have changed how we farm for the better.

01/13/2025

This is the first instance here in nearly 40 years!

Germany's agricultural sector is grappling with the confirmation of its first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in nearly 40 years.

01/13/2025

This time, he's hitting the road for ...

Five-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan will headline his sixteenth Farm Tour in 2025, but with a new twist on schedule and location.

01/13/2025

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) robs soybean yield with little to no above-ground symptoms and costs U.S. soybean farmers more yield than any other pathogen.

Each time the SCN map is updated, the threat from this pathogen is shown to have spread. For example, SCN is in every county of Illinois and Iowa, the top two soybean-producing states.

After the initial discovery of SCN in North America in 1954, breeders developed soybean varieties with genetic resistance to SCN, namely PI 88788 and Peking. “A great majority of SCN-resistant soybean varieties available throughout soybean-producing areas of the U.S. and Canada were developed with resistance genetics from PI 88788,” Iowa State University nematologist Greg Tylka explains. But after decades of overuse, SCN populations developed resistance to PI 88788.

To combat mounting resistance to PI 88788, The SCN Coalition encourages farmers to work with their trusted agronomic adviser to develop a plan, including:
- Test fields to know your numbers.
- Rotate resistant varieties.
- Rotate to non-host crops.
- Consider using a nematode-protectant seed treatment.

“Fields may be infested with the nematode for many years before infestations are discovered,” the SCN Coalition notes.

01/13/2025

"Fires" and "California" are on a lot of people's minds right now, but this is for a different reason.

After two decades of delays, Senate Bill 703 went into effect last week, banning nearly all agricultural burning in an effort to reduce pollution.

01/13/2025

At 17, this student balances a demanding schedule that includes football, baseball, musical theater, and, of course, FFA.

In Stillman Valley, Illinois, a high school senior named Robbie Thurow is leaving his mark on his community and the agricultural world.

01/13/2025

Get your fix on the markets here!

Top Third Ag Marketing helps farmers become better agricultural marketers with the goal of marketing crops and livestock in the top third of prices.

01/13/2025

Do you know what each of them mean?

When you look down at that iconic FFA Emblem on your blue corduroy jacket, there's a lot to take in. But do you know what it all means?

01/12/2025

Here's how to know!

In an age when you hear that so many of our foods are dirty, here are the facts on which clean foods to look at while at the grocery store.

01/12/2025

This is the kind of cleanse we can get behind

Attacks on local as well as larger agricultural operations by various animal rights groups are becoming far more familiar than anyone would like them to be.

01/12/2025

For years, "farmhouse decor" has been popular

While "country style" may not always properly label retail cuts of beef on a sign, farm life is at least being depicted positively in farmhouse decor.

01/12/2025

Working in the agriculture industry sometimes means becoming creative with supplementing your income

Working in the agriculture industry sometimes means becoming creative with supplementing your income to make the day-to-day expenses for the farm work out. There are a lot of different ways to approach supplementing your income, from the more traditional methods of working somewhere local to making....

01/12/2025

What have you learned about the "other side" of agriculture?

So after seven years of engaging, here are 5 big things this crop-farmer’s daughter has learned about animal agriculture.