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6 years
“For agriculture, social media is the new coffee shop. If you have questions, ask them. You’ll get answers.” @TheChadColby #AgData2017
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Purdue's @JaysonLusk offers jolting look at urban-rural divide: 7.5% of today's farms, around 159,000, produce 80% of all farm output. "This presents a real challenge, understanding a way of life you have no connection to." @Bayer #AgVocacy
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Jordan to ratchet up #fertilizer sales to #Brazil . Arab Potash Company also intends to build new potassium manufacturing in Brazil.
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Pearse Lyons was hands down the most interesting scientist, entrepreneur and businessman I ever met. @Alltech #businessoffarming #mikewilson
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Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X, opens #WorldAgriTech by encouraging laughable ideas that lead to incredible realities, like driver-less cars: "If you propose thousands of really laughable things, eventually you get to the few that really change the world"
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“What’s missing in the ag tech revolution is the real link to actual farmers,” says one Illinois farmer. #agtech
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6 years
Most farm fields include up to 20% unprofitable acres. AgSolver founder Dave Muth talks about how data drives better decisions #AgData2017
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Mick Porter with @FCSAmerica says good committed lenders will work with those who can provide complete cash flow projection, have marketing plan with price/date targets, & have a back up plan if losses occur/continue #FFBootcamp18
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"You can kill stupid meetings and stupid rules, but you can't kill stupid people "- @LisaBodell #ONE17
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AgNextLLC is an autonomous soil probe service that samples exact same depths year after year in precise same location $4/acre #ForbesAgTech
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To transition the farm, Iowa farmer @BenRiensche says, “the first thing to do is raise great kids.” The second is to require they leave the farm for five years, and the third is to have a path to partnership. #FFS24
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NRCS adds new target species for Working Lands for Wildlife @USDA_NRCS
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Happy National Ag Day #nationalagday
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This Week In Agribusiness co-anchor @PearsonCattle Mike Pearson talks with grain marketing expert @chief321 Matt Bennett at today’s Ag Finance Boot Camp #FFBootCamp22
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Drought: When should we worry? More than two-thirds of the United States is currently affected by #drought conditions.
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DuPont Pioneer's Jarrod Hudson & Travis Kriegshauser share Encirca insights at the Farm Futures Business Summit #FFS17
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Americans drivers have logged more than 3 billion miles on E15 #ethanol @GrowthEnergy
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7 years
Key takeaway from Danny Klinefelter's 20 Attributes of the 21st Century Farm Executive at #FFS17
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Soybean net income is beating corn net income. @chief321 #Classic18
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“People who come to work on farms and ranchers are not taking American jobs. They’re not the ones putting the burden on our criminal justice system or welfare system.” @SecretarySonny at @USDA Outlook Forum on farm labor. #immigration
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Here's why farmers are talking about rain and moisture damage to #corn and #soybeans . #AgChat
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Change at USDA under Perdue has been 'profound.' @SecretarySonny
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Crop ratings suggest #corn yields around 170 bpa, but Vegetation Health Index is 155-164 bpa so far.
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Crop robots may not be headed to #cornfields anytime soon but they are getting a foothold in #specialtycrops based on this recent demo put on by @FIRA_team #harvest22 #autonomous #FIRAUSA22
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Farm Futures’ most recent surveys show 20% of #farmers plan to leave the business in next 5 years due to their age
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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak: "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting 1 in a fruit salad."
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Vilsack says Chinese officials have approved #GMO #corn trait MIR 162 & two varieties of #biotech soybean: http://t.co/OkJVfqC3i2
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A tribute to Barry Flinchbaugh: A life well lived “In the end, my legacy really is my former students and the young farmers that I helped.”
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With 13 new crush plants and 10 plant expansions slated for completion by 2025, U.S. farmers will need an additional 14 million acres of soybeans.
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Pearse Lyons’ story will make you feel good about the American dream #Alltech #dreamer #entrepreneur
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Dave Muth: between 2-3 million acres farmed annually at a loss; that’s over $1 billion in misallocated working capital #AgData2017
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You can't make bourbon without corn. Meet some of the folks who grow the corn that makes the whiskey and see how the process unfolds in the heart of Kentucky #bourbon #corn #plant18
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Yield estimate based on Vegetation Health Index is showing a #corn yield just above 167 bpa.
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FIRST LOOK opening morning at #FarmProgressShow shot from @AGCOcorp fuse tower #agchat http://t.co/lnWXTrNCPU
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Some heavy hitters are coming to the 2019 Farm Futures Business Summit: Dave Kohl, Kevin Van Trump, Bryce Knorr & Matt Bennett, to name a few - see you there! #FFsummit19 @KevinVanTrump @chief321
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𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Corn plantings could dip nearly 2% to 92.8 million acres. Farmers expect to plant 85.0 million acres of soybeans, up 1.6%. #oatt #Plant24 🌱 All the details, including wheat sowings and price implications:
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. @ZippyDuvall celebrated stepped-up basis wins, says ag needs to apply same energy to WOTUS. "It's critical that this admin understands that we should not need a team of lawyers and consultants just to farm our land" #AFBF22
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Ashley Arrington, dir. of real estate @ag_resource helps farmers understand how to make better use of financial projections. Great start here at the 2021 Farm Futures Ag Finance Boot Camp happening now at Coralville, Iowa #FFsummit21 #smartfarming #agriculture #agbusiness
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China is leading #soybean #export destination for week ended Dec. 1, 2016.
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#Corn 13% planted -- tractors moving too fast for crop raters to see apparently.
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Artificial intelligence moves into #pesticide industry @Syngenta teams with Insilico Medicine to produce #weedkillers that are more #sustainable
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4 years
K-State ag economist Barry Flinchbaugh says the biggest worry now is the fed. deficit @$23 trillion; in 10 years it will be 92% of budget. "This is serious and unfortunately neither political party... are putting it front and center as an issue." #FarmFuturesSummit
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6 years
#Oat production is virtually unchanged and #barley production is up 8 million bushels. #Sorghum production is raised based on the higher area reported in the Acreage report.
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3 years
China's strong demand for grain will continue to drive commodity prices. #China #Export
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5 years
University of Illinois ag economist @ScottIrwinUI maps out three distinct grain price eras here at the final UI farm economics summit in Champaign, IL - note that the jump in average corn prices went up around 90% from past era
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See Max Armstrong each day of #FPVX , which includes multiple field demos, a Ride n Drive session, education sessions and a farmer panel to help recap the day. Block Sept. 15-17 on your calendar and register today.
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“We are drowning in information but starving for wisdom” - Tommy Grisafi @trust_ati   #FFS24
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#TBT to 1953, when farmers just wanted a self-starter. Or a comfy seat. http://t.co/Ux1yc9STeu #FarmProgressShow http://t.co/243ths2zvq
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Farmers in eastern #corn belt slowed by rain, cold, but it's no picnic in western Midwest either for #plant16 .
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If you see what appears to be a glorified card table roaming around a corn field this summer, have no fear. It's actually an #autonomous #robot , scouting fields for weeds and insects. Here's what the future looks like: @Solinftec_NA @GROWMARK #plant22
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#Corn yield projections plummet again in eastern Midwest on heavy rains. http://t.co/ItlNmNRqNl
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Veg Health Index for #corn slips, puts yield at 166.1. Weather model at 167.8, FF survey at 168.6. Trade ave 170.6.
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Why Trump and his trade hawks are so worried about China's plan to rule the world. Like him or not he's the only president in two decades who has had the guts to talk tough, the only language the Chinese understand #tariffs #trade #agexports #China
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7 years
Steve Forbes: “Agriculture has been in the forefront of technology for thousands of years."
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Chapin, Illinois farmer reports corn yield at 280 bpa average in one field; expects other farms to be even higher #harvest18 #binbuster
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2 years
. @FarmBureau presented Terry Gilbert, Kentucky, with their Founder's Award, first time every to a woman. Gilbert: "Ladies, your involvement in Farm Bureau only makes this organization stronger and better." #AFBF22
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Anna Haldewang invented Plan Bee, a self-sufficient cross pollinating drone for crops and flowers #ForbesAgTech
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@LandOLakesInc CEO Beth Ford on the urban-rural divide: “30% of farmers don’t have access to broadband. They are taking their children to McDonald's to sit in the parking lot to get broadband access so they can do their homework.” #ForbesAgTech #broadband
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4 years
Conditions deteriorate as #drought expands Only 6% of the U.S. is currently experiencing a topsoil moisture surplus.
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9 years
A millennial #farmer 's take on grain marketing in 2015: http://t.co/hwUTo9pof9 http://t.co/UgjulQjvnp
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Engineers demonstrate protocol corn head that will perforate stalks but not cut into confetti @360yieldcenter #agchat http://t.co/hxfkSlIv8j
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Leaked FSA #corn data suggests USDA at least 700,000 too high on harvested acres, 1.6 mil high on plantings. Could cut crop 120 -295 mil bu
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What does soil health have to do with ag tech? Today at #worldAgriTech a panel discussion is focusing on tech that can help #farmers build carbon in soil, monitoring & regenerative ag #agtech
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#Corn yield potential up 2.1 bpa this week, 172.1-173.7 bpa. Improvement noted in heart of Midwest. #agchat
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Here in Salinas, CA for #ForbesAgTech - let's get this party started #tech #farming
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Former US homelands security secretary Janet Napolitano gives the keynote speech at #Forbesagtech conference
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#Zimmatic is rolling out 9500DS allowing farmers to more easily irrigate around field obstacles with their pivots.
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The U.S. and China agreed on the outlines of a partial trade accord Friday that President Donald Trump said he and China’s Xi Jinping could sign as soon as next month. #trade #china #tradedeal
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#Corn prices grind slowly higher - 4 factors that could keep the upside momentum going. From @naomiblohm in the Ag Marketing IQ blog.
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A packed Farm Futures Summit intently listens to Howard Buffett’s presentation, “Farming in a War Zone: Understanding the unique challenges Ukrainian farmers face as Russia wages war in one of the world’s top ag-producing countries.” @maxarmstrong #FFSummit23
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Do you see a pattern in the table below? Does the table below suggest that Dec 31 are your best marketing opportunities for the crops that is already in the bin? @DuaneLowry #marketing #market
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Karen Schuett, cofounder of Livestock Water Recycling, accepts the $200,000 check for winning the #THRIVEAgriFood prize LWR tech converts manure to liquid fertilizer, solid fertilizer, and potable water - 24/7, so, no more lagoons #ForbesAgTech
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Grandpa shifted from horse to tractor. Dad shifted from tractor to GPS. What will tomorrow's #farmers need to know?
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70% of rented land is owned by females & two-thirds of them are over 65 years old: #farm
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Illinois #farmer and grain market analyst Matt Bennett offers sage advice on marketing plans at today's Ag Finance Boot Camp in Iowa City, Iowa #FarmFuturessummit #grainmarkets #agriculture #farming #smartfarming @AgMarket_Net
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Brian Hagen & Jeremy Marston share insight on precision crop insurance solutions at #AgData2017 @FMHins @TruAcre
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Initial #corn yield projections from crop ratings show key Midwest states off to rocky start. First US condition reports due next week.
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New farmer #survey reveals less #financial #stress , greater #Trump support Four out of five farmers expect the president to be re-elected in November. #farm #agriculture
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Vegetative Heath Index showed stress building in western #Corn Belt before weekend heat wave. #agchat
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What are young farmers thinking? Farm Progress editorial director Willie Vogt (l) emcees our NewGen panel discussion with Maria Cox, Brett Heineman & Scott Henry, session sponsored by Pioneer #FFSummit19
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USDA: Farmers who don't plant this year won't receive market facilitation program payment.
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For the first time in 34 years someone other than Pearse Lyons opens the Alltech symposium. All eyes on new @Alltech president Mark Lyons, the late Dr. Lyons' son, as he offered lessons from his father: "These 2 days are an investment in your ability...to change the world" #ONE18
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Author Seth Siegel tells #Alltech attendees how Israel managed to create water abundance in the desert #ONEBigIdea
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#sponsored The CEBIS MOBILE Monitor puts precision farming solutions at farmers’ fingertips. @CLAAS_America
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A Manhattan scion is America's 31st-largest landowner Stefan Soloviev owns 325,000 acres and a 122-mile rail line, and is self-taught expert on dry-land agriculture #farm #agriuclture #land
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Breaking news: Kevin Van Trump to appear at the 2019 Farm Futures Business Summit. Join us Jan. 24-25 for two days of business, management and outlook seminars featuring some of the brightest minds in agriculture. Join us! #FFSummit19
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New crop #corn bookings near 20-year highs, but that doesn't mean sales for 2016-17 will be good. Low correlation.
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First #soybean ratings strong, in line with last year. Suggest potential yields 48.1 bpa. #agchat
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Great discussion on the latest happenings in the ethanol market, with Iowa grower Kelly Nieuwenhuis, moderator Willie Vogt, @ethanolRFA CEO Geoff Cooper, & @GrowthEnergy SVP Mike Lorenz - thanks @nationalcorn ! It's opening day @ Farm Futures Business Summit #ffsummit21
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"Mister President, I get choked up every time you talk about withdrawing from #NAFTA " said USDA @SecretarySonny Perdue at the opening session of Commodity Classic @ComClassic
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. @RogerMarshallMD and @SonnyPerdue drank a little milk, talked a lot of policy at #AFBF22 .
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Ryan Harris with Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance lays out benefits of having precision data in managing crop insurance, at today’s Ag Finance Boot Camp #FFsummit19 @FMHins
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Why on-farm storage for high volume fert/fuel is becoming a no-brainer ROI for commercial #farmers #agriculture
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What's the view from your cab? #plant19
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#Corn losses in "Three I" states more than offset by improvement elsewhere. http://t.co/nizrFK6ujh http://t.co/V4fbw8SHuw
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Sonny Perdue may be the most aggressive enforcer of President Trump’s pro-business and deregulatory agenda. @SecretarySonny
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Two-thirds of #corn belt received above average precipitation last week as veg index improved to average. #AgChat
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