Christmas shopping can be laborious when you don’t know what to buy for the farmer on your gift list. To help, I’ve done some preseason shopping, identifying innovative new tools that are sure to please any mechanically minded man or woman on your list. Welding level has magnet with an…

The Modern Ag Alliance, a coalition of agricultural stakeholders that advocates for U.S. farmers’ access to the crop protection tools, has appointed Elizabeth Burns-Thompson as its first executive director.  Burns-Thompson — who has Juris Doctorate in Agricultural Law from Drake University and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business from…

2025 Minnesota Beginning Farmer Tax Credit    Tax Credit Amount  Maximum Tax Credit  Application Due Date  Cash Rentals 10% of annual rental income  $7,000 July 17, 2025  Share Crop Rentals  15% of annual rental income  $10,000 July 17, 2025  Sales  8% of sale price (12% if the buyer is an…

By Ryan Hanrahan Reuters Lisa Baertlein reported Wednesday that “the union representing 45,000 dock workers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts and their employers on Wednesday said they reached a tentative deal on a new six-year contract, averting further strikes that could have snarled supply chains and taken a…

Syngenta is combining its knowledge of crop biology with the proprietary artificial intelligence methods of Britain-based TraitSeq to identify highly specific indicators of a plant’s cellular state called biomarkers and ultimately development innovative, high-performance biostimulants. When activated, these biomarkers can indicate how well a plant is responding to efforts to…

Iowa farmland values fell an average of 3.1% in 2024, according to the 2024 Iowa State University (ISU) Land Value Survey. A separate report from Peoples Co. suggests the factors influencing farmland values in Iowa are also impacting other Corn Belt states. ISU’s survey found the statewide average value for…