Pros and cons of custom application 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

According to custom applicators, as many as half of Midwest corn and soybean farmers do their own postemergent applications of chemicals but rely on custom...

Wireless Grain 

By: by Wayne Wenzel

Computers and radio tags speed the movement of grain, feed and fertilizer. What's next?...

Correction 

In the story Virtual screen in our March issue, page 12, the area code of the phone number for Terradox Corporation was incorrect. The correct phone number...

Steel prices up, you pay more 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Perhaps you've noticed that the price of commodities has gone up in recent months. If you're talking corn and beans, that's good news for farmers. But...

Farmers National merger 

Two major Midwest farm management firms recently announced that they are merging. Farmers National, a farm management firm based in Omaha, NE, acquired...

FSA loans go online 

Online borrowing from USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) will be available to growers next year. FSA announced that the agency is in the process of replacing...

Steel prices up, you pay more 

High steel prices are likely to increase the cost of your next planter, auger or wagon....

Business of buying department 

Farmland values sustain balance sheets. Cargill, IMC Global announce merger. Majority of farms still family owned....

Labor market heats up 

By: by Jodie Wehrspann

If you're in the market for labor, you may have a hard time finding it this year. Here's how you can manage this major input cost....

Business of buying department 

By: Karen McMahon

The aftermath of BSE. Strong land market continues. Ag Services sold. Raven buys Fluent. StaufferSeeds acquired. More food sales to Cuba.