John Phipps: Does Drainage Tile Contribute to Nitrate Runoff and Pollution?
| | | | | John Phipps: Does Drainage Tile Contribute to Nitrate Runoff and Pollution? | | John Phipps is adding more drainage tile to a field with serious wet spots. To gather data specific to his farm, he has invested in his own water nitrate test kit. He plans to regularly sample tile outlets over the next few years to monitor seasonal and long-term nitrate levels. | | | |
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| | | | How Does Your Operation Use Technology? | | Only 17% of farmers say automating functions to make equipment easier to operate is the most important reason to adopt precision ag technology. Do you agree? Share what you think in our technology use survey. | | | |
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| | Kansas City Fed Shows Increase in Farm Loan Repayment Rates Makes Biggest Jump Since 2012 The Ag Credit Survey from the KC Federal Reserve shows strong profit potential for farm borrowers is helping support a second consecutive quarter of increasing farm incomes, loan repayment rates and farmland values. Read More |
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| | | AgriTalk PM: Here's Why Old Crop Soybean Prices Were Under Pressure Tuesday Corn prices closed in the green Tuesday, but soybean prices were under pressure again. The July old crop contract closed 13¢ lower, but new crop saw some momentum with the November contract up 2¢. AgriTalk host Chip Flory digested Tuesday's market action with Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain. Read More |
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| | | POET Could Expand Ethanol Production by 3 Billion Gallons Through Acquisition The biggest biofuels producer in the U.S. is looking to grow and could do so through an acquisition. Reuters reports POET is in talks with Flint Hills Resources to buy all its ethanol assets, which includes six plants primarily in Iowa. Read More |
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| | Profit Potential and Packer Problems Impact Pork Market Skyrocketing pork prices, a shortage of packing plant workers and flat domestic consumption are all contributing to a multitude of dynamics in the pork market. John Payne shared his view on the market with AgDay TV. Read More |
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| | | Too Much Rain in the South, Too Little Rain in the West Meteorologist Matt Engelbrecht takes a look at one storm system that is parked right now over the South bringing several inches of rain to areas that don't really need it. Read More |
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| | Gear up for Farm Journal Field Days Hay, Forage and Cattle Handling Register now for this FREE two-day, online event and discover essential insights on mixing and feeding, disease management, traceability and how to gain better value for production. Read More |
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