Stop Treating Your Soil Like Dirt
The world is brimming with news and information about soil health. But what best defines soil health? And, how do farmers measure and improve it over time?
Ag mega-mergers alter landscape for farm retailers
DENVER, April 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Three market-influencing mergers are reshaping the crop protection and seed industry, and that transformation has important implications for the farm supply sector, according to a recent report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division. Many agriculture retailers will likely face operational decisions due to these changes.
Crisis Communications Revamp: 5 Rules of the Road
When was the last time you updated your crisis management plan? If it’s more than a year old, it’s already out of date.
That may seem a little harsh. But given the unrestrained pace of social media and the voracious 24-hour news cycle, obsolescence of crisis communication happens in months, not years.
Why Is Microbial Terroir Revolutionary? - YouTube
Dr. Dan Karunakaran, ARM & HAMMER Poultry Field Technical Service Manager, explains the concept of Microbial Terroir in poultry production.
Arm & Hammer introduces CERTILLUS
Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition has introduced CERTILLUS, the newest brand in the Arm & Hammer family. Pronounced “sir-till-us,” this exciting portfolio of products presents specific solutions to the challenges producers face related to pathogenic challenges on their specific operation.
Why Beneficial Microbes Mean Big Things for Food and Agriculture
Since humans planted the first seeds and tamed the first beast, agriculture has been about harnessing the benefits of sunlight, rain, dirt, fertilizer and animals—all things you can see, touch, feel and sense.
Fields and barns were our proving grounds. And generations reaped bountiful harvests, each age outdoing the one before to improve production of food, fuel and fiber.
Today, agriculture is swiftly becoming about harnessing the things we cannot see, the myriad of microscopic communities ma
Compeer Financial Merger Complete
SUN PRAIRIE, Wisconsin (July 13, 2017) - On July 1, 1st Farm Credit Services, AgStar Financial Services and Badgerland Financial joined together as Compeer Financial™. The merger was voted on and approved by the membership and Board of Directors of each organization and received final regulatory approval from the Farm Credit Administration.
How will NGOs Shape Agricultures Future?
A growing number of partnerships between the food chain and advocacy groups including non-government organizations (NGOs) like The Nature Conservancy, the Soil Health Institute, the World Wildlife Fund, American Farmland Trust and even the Environmental Defense Fund are challenging perceptions and finding common ground where little previously existed.
Church & Dwight Acquires Agro BioSciences
Church & Dwight Co., Inc., the parent company of Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition, is pleased to announce today it has acquired Agro BioSciences™, Inc. of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Agro BioSciences is a leading microbial biotechnology company with an innovative platform to provide novel, science-based products for animal and agricultural production.
Feeding bypass fats: From concept to common practice
Feeding supplemental fatty acids to boost cow performance had been a concept since the 1930s, but
practical ways to deliver bypass fatty acids were lacking. Once commercialized, the resulting developments forever changed dairy nutrition.
What rumination monitoring data can tell us about heat abatement strategies
The negative effects of heat stress take a big chunk out of dairy farm coffers each season. The amount may be more or less, depending on the year, but estimates often put U.S. dairy industry losses to heat stress around $900 million annually.
Three Tips to Adjust Dairy Rations and Cool the Effects of Heat Stress
Long range summer forecasts call for average to above-average temperatures for nearly all of the United States. While it may be unknown how high thermometer mercury will rise in the coming months, dairy farmers do know that much warmer weather is just around the corner and their cows will have to deal with the effects of heat stress.
Overcome Ration DCAD Inconsistency | Agweb.com
It takes a little finesse to manage ration dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) levels, but doing so is time and effort well spent. DCAD is a value that you cannot determine once and then assume it remains the same; you will need to check it and adjust it continuously to account for current forages and feeds.
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AHAN E-Blast Series -- October 2015
ADSA Eblast 6-25
E-blast highlighting new research presented at the 2014 American Dairy Science Annual Meeting.
Chemtura AgroSolutions’ DoubleTake™ Insecticide Granted EPA Approval
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chemtura Corporation (NYSE: CHMT) (Euronext: CHMT) has announced that its new, broad-spectrum insecticide DoubleTake™ has received registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Who's doing the shopping?
I’ve never claimed to be trendy; one glimpse into my closet will affirm that. But consumer trends have always piqued my curiosity.
And thanks to my multiple roles in the food chain, consumer trends when it comes to food are especially intriguing – like the “10 food predictions for 2013” from Phil Lempert in the December 3 edition of Supermarket News.
