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CHS to Pay Members to Enroll in Bayer Carbon Farming Program

November 3, 2021
Agricultural seeds and chemicals supplier Bayer AG is expanding its carbon farming program to members of U.S. farm cooperative CHS Inc, boosting incentives for members to participate in the program. The agreement will make it easier for CHS's 75,000 farmer-members to enroll in Bayer's Carbon Program, an early leader in the drive to encourage farmers to capture carbon by planting off-season crops, tilling the ground less and use fertilizer more efficiently.
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Beck's Expands West into Nebraska

The company's marketing area now covers 15 states and 75% of U.S. corn and soybean farmers.
October 28, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Retail seed company Beck's is expanding its territory into the state of Nebraska. This expansion adds more than 15 million acres of corn and soybeans to Beck's marketing area, bringing its total reach to 75% of the corn and soybean farmers in the U.S. 


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Indigo Ag Acquires Soil Metrics

October 27, 2021 | Posted in Precision Agriculture, Soil Health
Indigo Agriculture announced a deepened commitment to advancing discovery in soil carbon science, enabled by the acquisition of Soil Metrics — an industry-leading technology for comprehensive soil carbon and greenhouse gas (ghg) assessment in agricultural soils.
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USDA Reports 52% of Corn Harvested

October 18, 2021
USDA reported 52% of corn crops harvested, below the 57% reported harvested by this time in 2020. The 5-year average for corn harvested in this week is 41%.
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Kubota to Acquire AgJunction in All Cash Deal

October 8, 2021 | Posted in Equipment, Precision Agriculture
AgJunction Inc., a global provider of advanced guidance, autosteering, and autonomy solutions for precision agriculture applications, today announced that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to be acquired by Kubota Corporation in an all-cash transaction with a total equity value, on a fully diluted basis, of approximately CAD $91 million (USD $72.8 million).
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Purdue Ag Economy Barometer Finds That Most Growers Still New to Using Cover Crops

Out of 400 large-acreage growers surveyed, 41% are currently seeding covers on their operations.
By Sarah Hill posted on October 7, 2021
The practice of using cover crops still has plenty of room for growth, according to the results of the August Purdue Ag Economy Barometer. Forty-one percent of growers with production of more than $500,000 annually said they are currently using cover crops, while 65% of growers responded that they had either used cover crops in the past or were currently using covers.
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