Successful Farming

Successful Farming serves the diverse business, production, and family information needs of families who make farming and ranching their business.

Magazines

News

Flips

Carbon
Montana Ranchers Can Now Get Paid to Sequester Carbon Using Rotational Grazing Practices
agriculture.com - AgFunder
CO2, or carbon, is a dirty word these days – and for good reason. Due to a number of causes including the burning of fossil fuels and widespread …
U.S. Department of Agriculture
3 Big Things Today, July 18
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Corn and wheat were lower overnight as growers and investors alike await an Aug. 12 report showing how many acres were actually planted. The U.S. …
EPA
EPA Approves Sulfoxaflor as Crop Insecticide After Studying Impact on Bees
agriculture.com - Chuck Abbott
Four years after an adverse ruling by a federal appeals court, the EPA approved the insecticide sulfoxaflor for use on a wide variety of crops, …
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
USDA Identifies Two Monsanto Strains in Rogue GMO Wheat in Washington State
agriculture.com - Chuck Abbott
The GMO wheat discovered growing wild in a Washington State field this spring actually sprouted from two different strains developed by Monsanto, the …
United States
3 Big Things Today, July 17
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Corn, Wheat Lower Overnight; U.S.-China Trade Talks Just Got More Difficult 1. Corn, Wheat Lower as Crops Stay Strong, For Now Corn and wheat were …
University of Illinois
110˚F. Weather to Take Toll on Late-Planted Corn, Soybeans
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Rising temperatures likely to quickly sap moisture from soils and stress plants. Hot and dry weather that’s moving into the Midwest likely will stress …
Soybeans
3 Big Things Today, July 16
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Soybeans, Grains Higher Overnight; Export Inspections of Corn, Wheat Fall Week-to-Week Soybeans and grains were lower in overnight trading as crop …
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
USDA Crop Progress Report Grades Corn Condition Slightly Better
agriculture.com - Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The U.S. corn and soybean crops made slight improvements vs. a week ago, but remain behind five-year averages for silking and …
United States
Exporting U.S. Ag Is Big Business
agriculture.com - Mike McGinnis
Yet, without more customers, U.S. corn and soybean supplies continue to pile up. With global trade uncertainties, larger global crops, and already …
Nursing
Online Continuing Education Gives Rural Nurses Ag-Specific Training
agriculture.com - Lisa Foust Prater
Webinars can be viewed live or on the nurse's own time. Once a nurse graduates from nursing school, his or her education is far from over. Nurses are …
Corn
3 Big Things Today, July 15
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Corn Futures Higher Overnight; Investors More Positive on Corn, Bearish on Beans Corn was higher in overnight trading as drier weather is forecast to …
Ethanol
Mexico's Fuel Retailers Want To Buy U.S. Ethanol, Iowa Tour Group Says
agriculture.com - Jerry Perkins
URBANDALE, IA--A group of nine Mexican fuel retailers spent four days touring ethanol sales outlets in Iowa to learn how the renewable fuel is …
Soybeans
The Road to Automated Agriculture Begins in Brazil
agriculture.com - AgFunder
Last year, we joined private equity leader TPG as an investor in Brazilian farm operations management start-up Solinftec, which we called at the time …
Politics
Short Crop Will Slash Record-Large Soy Stockpile by One-Fourth
agriculture.com - Chuck Abbott
The loss of nearly 6 million acres of corn and soybeans to a cold and rainy planting season this year will be felt into autumn 2020 and beyond, said …
Politics
3 Big Things Today, July 12
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Grains, Beans Lower Overnight; Export Sales of Corn Jump While Soybeans Plunge Grains and soybeans were modestly lower in overnight trading after a …
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
USDA Makes Few Changes In Corn, Soybean Production Thursday
agriculture.com - Mike McGinnis
DES MOINES, Iowa — The USDA made little changes for U.S. corn and soybean production and ending stocks estimates in its July monthly report released …
Soybeans
Indemnities Could Soar to $3.6 Billion for Prevented Planting
agriculture.com - Chuck Abbott
The wettest spring in a quarter-century may lead to the largest crop insurance payout since 2000 to farmers unable to plant corn and soybeans, said a …
Nebraska
3 Big Things Today, July 11
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Grains, Beans Slightly Lower Overnight; Ethanol Production Falls to Lowest in Five Weeks Grains and soybeans were slightly lower in overnight trading …
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
USDA Extends Reporting Date For Spring Crops
agriculture.com - Mike McGinnis
The USDA is extending the deadline for farmers in states impacted by flooding and heavy moisture. The new July 22 deadline applies to producers in …
EPA
3 Big Things Today, July 10
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Grains, Soybeans Lower Overnight; Oil Refineries Want RFS Waivers Kept Secret Grains and soybeans were lower in overnight trading ahead of tomorrow’s …
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Summer Shower of Federal Cash to Follow Rainy Spring in Farm Belt
agriculture.com - Chuck Abbott
Farmers can expect a deluge of federal payments in the weeks ahead to cushion the effect of farm exports lost to the trade war and crops washed away …
Politics
3 Big Things Today, July 9
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Grains, Beans Lower Overnight; Export Inspections of Corn Surge Week-to-Week Crop futures declined in overnight trading after a report from the U.S. …
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
The U.S. Crop Pogress Report Has Just 8% of Corn Silking
agriculture.com - Mike McGinnis
That is behind the averages, for this week, by double-digits. DES MOINES, Iowa -- The U.S. corn crop improved on its good/excellent rating vs. a week …
Chemicals
Young Inventor, SureFire Ag Sign Agreement to Distribute Chem-Blade
agriculture.com - Laurie Bedord
As a young inventor, Ethan Eck knew from the beginning he would be fighting tough odds when trying to get an innovation to market. In fact, commonly …
EPA
Farm Belt Howls as EPA Proposes No-Growth Biofuel Mandate for 2020
agriculture.com - Chuck Abbott
The Trump administration proposed a Renewable Fuel Standard of 20.04 billion gallons for 2020, meaning no change in corn ethanol’s share of the …
Politics
3 Big Things Today, July 8
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Soybeans, Grains Higher Overnight; Export Sales of Corn Decline Week-to-Week Soybean and grains jumped in overnight trading on reports that hot, dry …
Missouri
3 Big Things Today, July 5
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
CBOT Reopens at 8:30 a.m. After Holiday; Ethanol Production, Inventories Both Rise Week-to-Week The Chicago Board of Trade was closed overnight after …
Leeds
China Trade War Still Hurts Soybeans
agriculture.com - Dan Looker
In about two weeks, Kirk Leeds will be visiting China. The CEO of the Iowa Soybean Association has been there 25 times in his three-decade career of …
Soybeans
3 Big Things Today, July 3
agriculture.com - Tony Dreibus
Soybeans, Grains Higher Overnight; China Trade Talks to Resume, Likely to Take Times Soybeans and corn were higher overnight ahead of the Fourth of …
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
USDA Expects Storm-Related Planting Claims to Top $1 Billion
agriculture.com - Chuck Abbott
The Department of Agriculture is expecting storm-ravaged farmers to file more than $1 billion in prevented-planting claims for fields they could not …

Successful Farming

Successful Farming serves the diverse business, production, and family information needs of families who make farming and ranching their business.