With an eye toward emerging trends, Nutrien announced it will provide farmers with more ways to buy inputs. Farmers can buy in the company’s retail locations, or from their phones with its Open…

Blanket gifting doesn’t work, says Erich Eller, owner of ForeFront Ag Solutions. Neither does blanket fertilizer application.

Imagine for a moment you have four daughters, it’s nearly…

This week Nutrien Ltd. announced it will shut down its Allan, Lanigan and Vanscoy potash mines for up to eight weeks. The shutdowns will occur in the fourth quarter of this year.

According…

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• Oct. 1 Mosaic will reduce its Louisiana phosphate production facility by half a million tons
• The company plans to reduce supplies to balance the global market—a…
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Farmers shopping for options to address corn rootworm in 2020 can consider Valent’s new soil-applied insecticide, Ampex-EZ, pending EPA approval. Ampex-EZ is a systemic neonicotinoid and includes…

After four days of trudging through rain and mud, crop scouts from Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour can dry off their boots. Later today the team at Pro Farmer will release their national yield…

Mother Nature wreaked havoc on Ohio and South Dakota corn and soybean fields this spring. Each state’s anticipated corn yield fell by more than 20 bu. per acre compared to the 2018 Pro Farmer Crop…

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic “dead” zone to hit 7,829 square miles in 2019. While this isn’t a new record, it’s significantly…

In the midst of thousands of lawsuits claiming glyphosate causes cancer, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will not approve glyphosate product labels that claim the herbicide…

Glyphosate—better known as Roundup—has been under fire for the past several years. Shareholders are squeezing executives for more information and solutions as the spotlight shines on the herbicide…