Business of Buying 

Merger maniaMerging of the world's major pharmaceutical companies with agricultural ties continues to a new level. In December Rhone-Poulenc Ag and Hoechst...

Insure to conserve 

By: Karen McMahon

Crop farmers worried about trying new environmental practices may now purchase coverage from one of four new insurance programs being unveiled this winter....

Grain bank offers alternative for surplus 

Farmers wondering where their operating capital will come from in the current bearish markets may find hope in a new "grain bank."The National Farmers...

8 Ways To Stretch Input Dollars 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

Just as agricultural economists throughout the nation were digesting headlines like "Asia Crisis Likely to Impact U.S. Agricultural Economy" and "U.S....

Buy Time Or Trade? 

By: Jodie Wehrspann

Dr. Wendell Bowers packs rooms by talking about buying machinery. This author and retired professor of agricultural engineering, Oklahoma State University,...