by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 21, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
It isn?t just the pandemic that has us changing the way we do things, but it is certainly hit the accelerator on our use of technology to be somewhere virtually. The ideas of an online marketplace or online bidding are nothing new, but we are seeing a new way of...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 17, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Monarch butterflies and their relationship with agriculture has come under intense scrutiny. We hear more and more about the plight of the butterfly and its relationship to the use of herbicides. The iconic insect relies on the milkweed plant for the survival of its...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 16, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Last week the USDA?s Ag Marketing Service (AMS) released its final rule on the Packers & Stockyards Act. There have been mixed reactions, however many of those reactions have been negative. Many Ag and livestock groups are challenging that the rule fails to...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 15, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Farming has been adaptive as long as people have been putting seeds into the ground. It is how we become better at what we do. If we didn?t change with the times, we wouldn?t have the production capacity that we do. As we move along in the first quarter of the 21st...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 14, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
It is that time of the year when organizations are voting in new leadership for the coming year. The United Soybean Board (USB) is no different. The organization, which is tasked with managing the soybean checkoff, recently held its elections for leadership on the...