It may seem like a new carbon program hits the market every day, enticing farmers with promises to pay for new practices. “A carbon credit is a tradeable asset that gives the buyer the right to offset the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere,” says Alejandro Plastina, an Iowa State University extension economist. “The […]
A sales enhancement platform that captures critical data like crops, products, rates, and practices on a field, GROWERS Rally is also a sales planning and tracking tool for ag retailers. Integrating with Arva’s Carbon Ready program streamlines access to the carbon markets and empowers retailers and their growers to sell with confidence,” explains Steven Valencsin, […]
The CIBO Carbon Credits program offers a new revenue stream for growers as they make their operation more climate-friendly, resilient, and profitable. …Read the full story
Rebuilding resilience has the USTR very busy these days, according to U.S. Because it is such a major player in the global market, sanctions on Russia have a ripple effect on markets, says Jason Troendle, director of market intelligence and research at The Fertilizer Institute. The Russian invasion of Ukraine this week might drive up […]
Snowfall is ahead for the Great Plains and Midwest, but Thursday’s drought monitor reported expanding drought in parts of Iowa and Illinois. February is usually California’s wettest month, but “we just had the driest January and February in California’s recorded history,” said Erik Ekdah, the deputy director of the board’s Division of Water Rights. Equipment […]
There’s money in manure for California dairy farmers with anaerobic digesters that capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from their cattle’s manure. The credits, available through California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, are worth half as much as the milk produced by the dairy cows. Dairy cows produce an average […]
Editor Alex Gray covers the new app launched by Bobcat. The Machine IQ Basics package is a subscription service that is free for the first three years from the original equipment purchase date. The initial version of the free app includes nearly 800 livestock, poultry, and grain market reports, with additional commodities added throughout the […]
Arva Intelligence is a machine learning and artificial intelligence modeling company serving the agriculture industry. Augmenta’s precision ag technology can help farmers reduce both the chemical load in soils and input costs, while improving the quality of produce and profitability. “We have worked with Augmenta both on our farming operation and professionally as they scaled […]
Cripe says the program will help farmers make money or at least subsidize the cost of transition from conventional practices to regenerative. Cripe says that over 800 companies have sustainability project disclosures to reduce their Co2 footprint and mitigate/reverse climate change. As an example, the program can offer up to $35 per acre in year […]
Agribusiness giant ADM said on Tuesday it would reduce its carbon footprint by building a 350-mile pipeline to transport carbon dioxide for injection in central Illinois from its ethanol plants in eastern Iowa. Carbon capture and sequestration is a relatively new concept that involves injecting the greenhouse gas in subsurface rock formations. There are 43 ethanol plants […]
The week is starting off strong with news about markets, conservation, and more. Farmers attending this week’s AFBF annual convention want to know how long the fertilizer price hike will last. …Read the full story
The autonomous tractor uses 12 stereo camera to identify obstacles and a “deep neural network” to decide whether to stop or continue movement. “To use the autonomous tractor, farmers only need to transport the machine to a field and configure it for autonomous operation,” said a company release. Deere did not list a price of […]
For example, if a farmer has planted a crop that needs a lot of phosphorus, but has soil that is low in phosphorus, they should shop around for nitrogen-rich manure, like poultry. “Oftentimes manures can be only transported a few miles to keep price competitive with synthetic fertilizers and with a liquid manure that application […]
Because there are a flood of new contracts being offered to farmers to sequester carbon in soil, I thought it would be interesting to look at the six basic building blocks for these contracts. Whether it’s an 80 acre corn field or a 1000 acre grazing pasture, the first part of any soil carbon contract […]
Other than that, it is a relatively dry forecast the next 14 days, with below-normal rainfall in the coming week, but slightly wetter precip in days eight through 14. Still, oats, HRS wheat, and cotton are roaring higher along with crude oil, and dragging corn and soybeans higher in spite of worsening fundamentals. Of course, inflation is the common […]
The companies have already been working together to meet the scientific standards set by the registry-approved soil carbon methodologies in use by the Carbon by Indigo program. “Soil Metrics is world class at modeling all the essential elements we think of when we consider what it would look like for agriculture to achieve meaningful environmental outcomes […]
New crop September futures closed 6 1/4¢ higher at $6.38 1/4. December corn futures settled 6 3/4¢ higher at $6.16 1/2. July soybean futures closed 18 1/4¢ lower at $15.44. August soybean futures closed 13¢ lower at $15.10. Corn demand was impressive, while the soybean demand has been slacking off and the USDA showed […]