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The ripening corn and soybean fields stretch for miles in every direction from Dennis Wentworth’s farm in Downs, Illinois.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Grand Rapids, accuses Johnston, Iowa-based DuPont Pioneer and two recruiters of violating federal wage and migrant labor laws.
Female farmers might never be the majority, but they will be formative players in the future of agriculture.
Figuring out what it will take to feed the world by 2050 preoccupies national security analysts on a daily basis.
Bioplastics and biochemicals made from the sugar and sometimes protein of corn, soybeans and other crops will likely never replace ethanol as one of corn’s key markets.
Businesses often hire new employees to alleviate the work load of others, but they can’t just be thrown into the mix and expected to succeed.
To help prepare you for the road ahead, Top Producer will host its annual Tomorrow’s Top Producer conference Jan. 28 in Chicago.
Adequate capacity during demand surges is key to export efficiencies
As development eats away at Florida’s untamed lands, wild animals have found an ally in the Seminole Tribe.
The chief architect of McDonald’s sustainability project says it’s driven by consumers not by activists.
Company captures sole Texas Water Foundation Blue Legacy Award for manufacturing facilities.
The changing American consumer is causing some shifts at McDonald’s.
U.S. and Ukraine dairy operations have similar management challenges with forage supplies.
The company posted a 12 percent drop in fiscal fourth- quarter profit as its trading and processing business continued to feel the effects of drought in the U.S. and a shortage of railcars.
Such crop switching is one sign of a sweeping transformation going on in California--the nation’s biggest agricultural state by value--driven by a three-year drought that climate scientists say is a glimpse of a drier future.
Governor Jerry Brown and California Democratic lawmakers enlisted business support of a $7.2 billion plan composed mostly of new bonds for water storage and delivery to drought-stricken cities and farms.
Direct linkages can be found between farm efficiency and carbon emissions and sequestration, according to “Factors Affecting Cow-Calf Herd Performance and Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” a Texas A&M AgriLife Research paper recently published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
The federal government is setting aside $35 million over three years to help landowners conserve wetlands and grasslands in the five-state Prairie Pothole Region.
Seeing the challenges farmers in the developing world face made philanthropist Howard Buffett realize how important conservation practices are for all farmers.
New Worldwatch Institute study examines the slow growth of global agricultural populations and the vast disparity between continents.
Arguably the most important resource category on a cattle operation is human capital – a fancy term for the people involved in the operation.
University of Georgia researchers are researching drought-tolerant, alternative forages for the state’s dairy producers to help safeguard their feed supply and save money.
High employee turnover can lead to inconsistent animal production or potentially lower quality products, both meat and milk.
There’s little room to make up for any new weather disruptions, with U.S. economic growth keeping tracks packed with consumer goods, building materials, oil, and grain.
Research shows small amounts of calcium oxide can neutralize the acid in distillers grains, a commonly used alternative to corn in many livestock feed mixes.
A new study reveals that conservation practices such as cover crops and no-till are catching on in Iowa.
There is nothing in President Barack Obama’s recently announced package of executive actions on immigration that directly reassures farmers and ranchers they’ll have efficient access to foreign-born labor.
Baleage lets producers keep more of their forage for cattle to eat later and increase profitability.