Evidence continues to mount that ag is an attractive place to invest these days. News during the past few weeks has reinforced the trend of international investments in agriculture — especially in farm equipment. While many of the deals are coming from within the industry, a high level of interest is coming from financial investment [...]
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Farm Equipment Attracting Investment, Especially for International Expansion
Posted in News, tagged News, farm, CNH, Ag, Farming, Deere, AGCO, Investments, Industry trends on February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
USDA says Rural Development progress made
Posted in News, tagged Community, farm, Farming, Fiscal year, Growth, money, Rural, Taxes, USDA on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The head of the USDA Rural Development Office says the work they’re doing is having a positive impact on Rural America. Undersecretary Dallas Tonsager says the 2011 Rural Development Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report shows they have invested almost $29 Billion dollars and “created or saved an estimated 440-thousand” jobs through the rural business cooperative, [...]
Mobile App Now Available For the National Farm Machinery Show
Posted in News, tagged #NFMS12, Ag, Android, App, farm, Farmer, Farming, iphone, Louisville, National Farm Machinery Show, technology on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The National Farm Machinery Show continues its tradition of meeting demands of its attendees by offering a mobile app for the February 15-18 show. The first-ever mobile app, called “NFMS ’12,” for the National Farm Machinery Show is now available for free on smartphones (iPhone, Android and Blackberry) and features an interactive exhibitor map and [...]
Farming Through the Unthinkable
Posted in Features, tagged Family, farm, Farming, Legacy, Planning on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned. It certainly didn’t for the Dell family of Maryland. A succession plan must be flexible to accommodate for the unthinkable. A situation that Greg Dell, the patriarch of the family, never thought he’d have to experience. “I had in my head the plan, how I thought it was going [...]
Funding Available for FFA Chapters to Fight Hunger
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ag, farm, Farm Journal, Farming, FFA, Food for all on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The deadline is fast approaching for new FFA grant program focused on hunger relief. Students have until Dec. 15 to submit FFA: Food for All grant applications. FFA: Food for All is a joint effort uniting the Farm Journal Foundation’s Farmers Feeding the World initiative and the National FFA Organization’s Feeding the World Starting at home program with [...]
Scholarships Available for Corn Grower Member Families
Posted in Features, tagged Ag, College Ag, Corn, Corn Growers, farm, Farming, NCGA on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some scholarship opportunities for Corn Grower member families. One is specifically for Kentucky corn grower families and the other open nationally. Two great opportunities for students involved in agriculture who will be heading to college soon. KyCGA Scholarship - KyCGA is offering is for the second year offering two $1,000 scholarships to high school [...]
A Match Made in Fastline Heaven
Posted in Features, tagged Ag, farm, Farming, Fastline, Fastline.com, National Farm Machinery Show, Tractors on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two years ago, Ashlee was working at the Fastline booth at the National Farm Machinery Show. Josh Jones was a farmer that visited the show. They were introduced and hit it off. After she got done working at the show that day, they went to dinner… and the rest is history. The two were married [...]
Farm Women Share Success Stories
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged #ewa11, Agri-business, Agriculture, Chicago, Commodities, Conference, farm, Farming, success, Women in ag on December 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Executive Women in Agriculture Conference is currently taking place at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, Downtown Chicago. One of the events at the conference featured three established women in agribusiness shared personal stories of their experiences. Celeste Settrini is from Salinas, Calif. She is a fresh vegetable commodity broker and works on her family farm. She [...]
Cotton Pickin’ Advantage
Posted in Features, tagged Ag, Case IH, cotton, farm, Farming, Harvesting, pickers, technology on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
High-tech equipment boosts efficiency when labor is tight One of the early adopters of on-board, module-building pickers, Andrew Burleson is now self-sufficient when it comes to harvesting cotton. He’s also planting more of it. In 2008, Burleson bought a Case IH on-board, module-building picker, which makes modules about half the size of conventional ones. In [...]
With Supplies Up, Cotton Prices at Pivotal Point
Posted in News, tagged cotton, Cotton Prices, farm, Farming, Oklahoma on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After a wild ride in the past year, cotton markets are relatively subdued and price forecasts are weakening. “I think the cotton market is in trouble,” says Robin Rosenberg, market analyst at PFGBest, Northbrook, Ill. Is the trouble big enough to push prices down to the 70-cent range? “I think we have to see 90 [...]
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