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A traditional Thanksgiving feast reflects two current trends in food-at-home economics: increased retail food costs vary by category and the supply chain is back to pre-COVID patterns.

Mark Faust shares objectives in seven key areas that can intensify your operation's vision, divergence and focus.

Its first harvester was for strawberries, and last year it launched the apple harvester for use in Washington.

Three recent headlines from the financial world have farmers asking how those events could affect their lending situation.

Since its launch, the Truterra carbon program has now paid farmers more than $9 million for more than 462,000 metric tons of carbon.

“If you raise 200 bu. corn with a CI score of 0, that’s $1.57 per bushel and an extra $314 in value. Now, the ethanol plant isn’t expected to share 100%, but it could be 25% to 30%," says Paul Neiffer, a farm CPA.

“People are concerned about food inflation right now,” says Dr. Michael Swanson, Wells Fargo Chief Agricultural Economist. "Some premier celebration foods have actually dropped from a year ago."

 The companies say their pricing structures and practices were within the law. 

Richard Gupton says this development is helpful as this previous year’s entry-level driver training program went into effect for the CDL program has become a barrier to entry costing $6,000 to $8,000. 

The fully electric, autonomous tractors feature 10 hours of runtime, 70 peak hp, and twice the torque of a comparable conventional tractor.

The future of voluntary carbon markets for agriculture is still coming into focus. As such, farmers continue to assess the landscape and weigh their opportunities.

“I know I have to perform every year and deepen the customer relationship,” Jason Hanson says. “You can’t take a loyal customer for granted.”

More than three dozen U.S. John Deere dealerships will now sell the GUSS autonomous sprayer. The company says the Herbicide GUSS is the first and only autonomous orchard herbicide applicator.

"The early autonomy customers are helping us define the future and they are a key part of setting the direction for the product,” says Ben Voss, director of sales at Raven.

To foster a strong agriculture carbon market, three “science gaps” need to be addressed

To foster a strong agriculture carbon market, three “science gaps” need to be addressed

Wells Fargo analysis shows hosting a party of ten for the fourth of July holiday could cost 11% more in 2022 than it would have last year.

68 items span a John Deere 4640 “one of the nicest I’ve seen,” tractors for every need, utility vehicles ready to run, and an announcement that “could very well change the farm equipment online auction market."

This week, dangerous heat is sweeping across Texas to Wisconsin to Ohio to Georgia.

Adam Jones, a conservation agronomist at MFA Inc., came on The Scoop podcast to share how he helps farmers implement an entire system of soil health, conservation, and yield success on their farms.

“Food inflation is a hot topic,” Michael Swanson says noting that overall prices in the category are running at 6% higher than a year ago, whereas typically year-to-year food inflation is 1%.

“I wouldn't be surprised as we put Omicron behind us that we're going to see a restaurant recovery in the summer. But right now the supermarket is still doing quite well on a historical basis," says Michael Swanson.

Introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show with nearly 5,000 watching the live stream introduction, John Deere introduces its full autonomy solution for tractors, which will be available to farmers later in 2022.

The timeline on these actions are tight—while arguments are heard on January 7, that’s three days before the enforcement efforts by OSHA are scheduled to start

“This is the perfect time to launch a truly renewable, electric powered tractor, which is repowered with solar energy,” says Mani Iyer.

Improve labor management and even find a bit more time for yourself.

Cristian Barcan: “Feeding the world more sustainably is about continuous improvement. Every farm has a unique sustainability journey that has defined their success as a contributor to the food supply chain thus far”

Meet “Annie.” This robot being used by Corteva Agriscience is the result of a partnership with Boston Dynamics and Trimble.

“Our goal is to be the center of gravity for soil health. This is the beginning of a mega trend of a shift to regenerative ag and a focus on soil health,” says Peter Williams, MyLand CEO.

It’s calculated due to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, 90,000 restaurants have closed either permanently or long-term.

The National Restaurant Association says wholesale food prices remain on track to post their largest annual increase since 2014.

Michael Swanson says it’ll take fleet turnover to bring great change to gasoline consumption, and he says two factors will drive that adoption—federal policy and battery technologies.

“We know rural areas are different from urban areas, people are more spread out, it's not always as easy to travel to one location that's close to everyone to get a vaccine," Dr. Murthy says.

Iron Ox is a Silicon Valley startup that aims to place its indoor, hydroponic “farms” near population centers and restaurants to supply green vegetables and herbs.

With recent updates and emerging partnerships, John Deere operators are one step closer to fully integrated and wireless data transfer from the field.

The Kinze Autonomous Harvest System allows the combine operator to control the tractor and grain cart without having a driver in the tractor seat.

This concept tractor has evolved and will be put to work in Summer 2012 on an Italian farm.

Ken Ferrie answers a farmer's question about nitrogen running off in his farm tile.

Stock your shop with lubricants and cleaners that have roots in Ohio soybean fields.

Reach into the farmer’s toolbox to know the true value of a lime application.

At Wheat College, our agronomic team will present lessons you can take directly to the field.

Head to the field with Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer in episode 10 of Corn College TV.

In episode 6 of Corn College TV, Farm Journal Agronomist explains how the nitrogen cycle fits into the Systems Approach.

Episode 3 of Corn College TV details how to maximize yield, minizmize inputs and get the most from your fields.

Be sure to tune in for episode 11 of Corn College TV to learn from the field experience of the Farm Journal agronomic team.

Farm Journal Media has a diverse line up of co-located events and programs as well as breakout sessions.

This episode digs deep with crown root development, head to the field with Ken Ferrie, learn how to short cut complex decisions with agronomic record keeping, and Missy Bauer gives you the formula for estimating yield.

The early harvest opened the window for farmers to make mistakes with fall applied N.

Fourth annual Sonja Hillgren Field Reporting Institute journeys across Missouri this weekend