iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Feb 9, 2021 12:02pm
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Good morning and welcome to the Sprout, where it’s National Pizza Day! Cue debates over whether pineapple belongs on pizza in three, two, one. (It absolutely does, by the way.)
It’s also National Bagel and Lox Day, if pizza isn’t your thing. Here’s today’s agriculture news.
-AEM, ASA, CLA and NCGA
MILWAUKEE The Association of Equipment Manufacturers, in partnership with the American Soybean Association, CropLife America, and National Corn Growers Association, released a study quantifying how widely available precision agriculture technology improves environmental stewardship while providing economic return for farmers.
Precision agriculture leverages technologies to enhance sustainability through more efficient use of critical inputs, such as land, water, fuel, fertilizer and pesticides. Farmers who use precision agriculture equipment use less to grow more.
The Environmental Benefits of Precision Agriculture study highlights how policies and technological advancements can help farmers increase these outcomes.
“We are living in a new age of agriculture, and today’s precision technology on equipment can have an enormous positive impact on farmers and the environment,” said Curt Blades, senior vice president of agriculture at the Association of
(NewsUSA) - The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic will continue to impact the manufacturing industry in both the short and long term, but smart businesses will continue to adapt by understanding current
Grant Thompson “It’s a risk if you aren’t able to properly inspect a piece of equipment and get a good sense of how it runs,” says Kyle Stackhouse. Pandemic forces more farm machinery shopping to go online.
The prices so many farmers have been patiently waiting for have finally arrived. Soybeans are back in the teens, corn is near $5 per bushel, and wheat has eclipsed the $6 benchmark.
With better-than-expected profits in hand, some hard decisions must be made. Paying down debt is still the most pragmatic choice, but farm equipment upgrades may be long overdue.
Indiana grain farmer Kyle Stackhouse has been shopping for upgrades, but he’s seen a supply pinch in some instances especially with late-model equipment.