CROP INSURANCE CHANGES 

FEDERAL CROP insurance plans may drop from five different policies to only one combination policy under a proposal offered by USDA's Federal Crop Insurance...

Product of the week 

By: By David Hest

PDA records RFID ear tags...

THE NEW RECRUITS 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

JUSTIN RAHN OF MT. CARROLL, IL, COULD HAVE worked for an agricultural retailer in Carroll County after graduating last March with a degree in agricultural...

FARMING THE WEB 

By: By David Hest

WHETHER YOU use it to stay abreast of weather, markets and the latest agricultural research, to gather information before purchasing a product, or to...

ANIMAL ID SYSTEMS 

THE SCOUT universal wireless interface (shown in the photo) from Ranger ID provides tough, reliable, portable wireless communication that can be adapted...

ANIMAL TRACKERS 

By: BY LORA BERG

IMAGINE WHAT would happen if each animal on your farm had its own identification number. Identity theft would be nearly impossible because each animal...

ANIMAL ID 

By: BY LORA BERG

THE NATIONAL Animal Identification System (NAIS) is really all about animal health. Imagine an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the U.S., for example....

SPERM-SEXING TECHNOLOGY 

A NEW proprietary sperm-sexing technology could help make pork and beef producers more efficient at producing the type of animals the market demands....

TOUGH PC 

GROWERS may now buy a personal computer that is tough enough to withstand the farm environment. The new Rugged Tablet PC, also known as Titan RT, is available...

NEW-GENERATION SOFTWARE 

RED WING Software launches a new ag-specific financial software called CenterPoint. The new software goes beyond basic accounting to provide growers with...