It’s no secret that Hollywood has a problem with agriculture. Whether it’s pushing fake meat, demonizing livestock, or spreading nonsense about soil management and GMOs, plenty of celebrities love to run their mouths about farming — without ever setting foot on a real farm. While some focus on attacking meat…

This comment came in a winter program, right as I was starting my presentation: “Do you have anything that will work in grain marketing every year? I seem to sell ahead in years when the market rallies into harvest, and then have nothing sold ahead in years like 2024. What should…

Every drop of water counts in central and western Nebraska, where Andy Jobman raises soybeans, food-grade yellow and white corn, and cattle with his dad and brother near Gothenburg, in the center of the state. “Irrigation is really big on our farm and really important,” Jobman said. “It’s a resource…

A CNH chatbot powered by artificial intelligence (AI) is helping dealers provide support to customers.  The tool can be used by any employee at a CNH dealership to find information and provide answers to a variety of questions in a more efficient manner.  “The problem was that our dealers had…

Corteva Agriscience has hired its first chief health officer.  Dr. Claudia Coplein joined Corteva in May 2024, before which she was the chief medical officer for Tyson Foods. Coplein is board-certified in occupational medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Besides having served…

In a unanimous Senate Agriculture Committee vote held today, Brooke Rollins moved forward toward her confirmation as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The panel’s vote will be followed by a Senate floor vote, which has not yet been scheduled.  A Texas native and former CEO of the nonprofit America First…