by Dustin Hoffmann | Oct 4, 2021 | 5 Ag Stories, News
During this time in farming, every acre and every plant count towards the bottom line and the value of our exports. Farmers are doing a good job of working against the curveballs that Mother Nature is throwing at us, while at the same time seeing to the nutrition of...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Oct 1, 2021 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Last week, we received word from a Reuters report said that President Joe Biden was considering retroactively lowering the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 2020 and 2021. This news quickly drew the ire of biofuels companies, supporters, and organizations across...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Sep 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
The corn & soybean markets did not find this morning’s Quarterly Grain Stocks report very friendly. Dustin Hoffmann runs through the numbers from the USDA with John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing.
by Dustin Hoffmann | Sep 30, 2021 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Weed control certainly looks different than it did in years past. Many of us remember walking fields, cultivating, or riding on a boom and spot spraying unwanted plants in the crops. Nowadays, we have come to rely more on technology. Chemistry and full weed control...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Sep 29, 2021 | 5 Ag Stories, News
No matter how you look at it, and no matter how much you may want to deny it, farming is beginning to change. The degree of change that is coming will vary depending on your operation. We have talked at great length about conservation farming practices and the changes...