High costs are apparently keeping many ag retailers from adding drone pesticide spraying, fertilizer applications, cover crop seeding and field imagery to their lineup of services offered to no-tillers.
Frank Lessiter critically examines the Wall Street Journal article outlining Mars' $47 million European-based program aimed at reducing methane emissions from dairy cattle.
Last week, I had several discussions about society’s supposed preference for the underdog. And also how the general public apparently possesses far more knowledge on every topic under the sun; far more than those in the know, who do the work and make the smart decisions every day.
I spent a day and a half at the Dealership Minds Summit in Madison, Wisconsin in early August. It's an annual program for dealerships -- that I believe will benefit all farmers, too.
With more growers shifting to no-till or strip-till, the risks and impact on cash flow need to be weighed carefully — particularly with today’s tough economic times.
It’s a pleasure to introduce you to my dad, Frank Lessiter, and what I would call the 5th child in our family, his No-Till Farmer (NTF) publication. I was 3 years old when Dad put out the first edition, and I can’t recall a time when NTF wasn’t a part of the family.
After a harrowing series of maneuvers needed to turn a coach bus down a narrow gravel road with 4-foot-deep ditches on either side, attendees on the Conservation Technology Information Center’s 2024 Conservation in Action Tour arrived at Ellis Bell’s century farm.
We are experiencing a technological renaissance that would have seemed like science fiction just 30 years ago when it comes to data in the field. However, as these impressive field mapping may have one potential setback: How do they translate technology mapping back into actionable input and decision-making?
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During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.
Needham Ag understands the role of technology in making better use of limited resources within a specific environment by drawing on a wealth of global experience to overcome the challenges facing today's farmers, manufacturers and dealers.
The Andersons grows enduring relationships through extraordinary service, a deep knowledge of the market, and a knack for finding new ways to add value as we have done for nearly 70 years.