Crops

In the west, "cloud seeding" is  helping make it rain  in the part of the country that needs it most. Not new, but being improved,...

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new crop to rotate. OK, Bublé. Gimme the news:  To enhance climate-smart agriculture, St. Louis...

Crop protection startup Enko just received some encouragement—about $70M worth—in its Series C funding round. The latest batch of cash...

U.S. wheat is on the world stage these days… Things have been  challenging  for U.S. wheat farmers this year. Variable weather...

Record-breaking heat waves across the U.S. have the corn crop  sweating. Intense heat paired with existing or developing droughts is...

A (not so) dynamic duo: Skyrocketing fertilizer prices and lack of availability have many farmers concerned for this season. According...

Things are getting Nutrien-teresting. As the world’s largest fertilizer company, Canada-based Nutrien is considering additional increases...

Summer’s just around the corner, and you know what that means… Swimming pools, barbecues, and more corn in your gas tank. On Tuesday,...

ICYMI… farm operations are getting a whole lot more intelligent, with the $1.36M in seed financing IntelliCulture just secured to grow...

Spring planting is underway. And with synthetic fertilizer prices skyrocketing into the stratosphere, #2 is becoming a #1 commodity....

Farmers feelin’ input price pain sent the March Ag Economy Barometer plummeting to its lowest point since May of 2020. The first set of...

Planting season is upon us, and U.S. farmers are making planting decisions as we speak. But if you’re expecting to hear that the U.S....

Bring it on, climate change. An irrigation tech startup is about to serve up another dose of high-quality H2Whoa. Show me the money:...

The war in Ukraine is causing a specialty crop and oilseed scramble. Ukraine is the world’s top exporter of sunflower oil. Because of the...

Labor dispute negotiations at Canada’s second-biggest railroad have derailed, leaving workers locked out and sending supply chain shocks...

NASA and farming? Not your everyday combination. A new space-age technology for agriculture is here. GEO-CropSim is a “useful...

Spring planting is right around the corner. And you know what that means… Inevitable breakdowns and no time for slowdowns. It’s this...

The last week of January  brrrrrr ought a cold  snap  to Florida. The record low temperatures damaged many crops and left farmers...

Investors are drinking the  Kula-aid. Kula Bio, a startup  company  focusing on developing biofertilizers to compete with synthetic...

Things are a little tense in Eastern Europe. ( The understatement of the year.) With Russia amassing troops along the Ukrainian border...