Most agribusinesses already generate the inputs that artificial intelligence needs to be useful: yield history, soil tests, ...

“When you consider the whole package, this continues to strengthen the business relationships between farmers and agribusinesses,” said Jake Joraanstad, CEO of Bushel. Financial tech company Bushel ...

High costs of owning machinery are leading more farmers to hire out custom work on their operation. Kent Thiesse gives a look at how those custom farm costs look for 2025. Hiring custom farm work like ...

Due to the high cost of investment in farm machinery, an ever-increasing number of farm operators are hiring other farm operators to provide some or all of their machinery resources for their farm ...

Farm sector debt is increasing, but rising asset values are helping to keep operations solvent, according to the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service. Total farm debt is expected to ...

Discovering unauthorized persons on your farm is a growing problem. Such unauthorized entry could include media news teams filming farm operations, environmental activists seeking to identify ...

Across the United States and the High Plains, the amount of farm equipment (balers, combines, cotton pickers and strippers and forage harvesters) on farms is shrinking. Since the 1997 Census of ...

Urban Agriculture involves bringing fresh, nutritious foods closer to people who live where access to those foods is limited. Spaces like community gardens and urban farms help fill the gaps in ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Nonprofit Feed Iowa First may shut down operations on the slice of land it subleases on Linn County’s Dows Farm “agri-community” development for use by underserved farmers, as the ...

Last week, in preparation for the harvest season, I offered some safety tips and a preview of National Farm Safety and Health Week, Sept. 21-27, 2025. This year’s theme is “Safety First, Avoid the ...