Is my ranch sustainable? There’s now an app for that, thanks to Merck Animal Health and Dr. Jude Capper, an independent sustainability consultant. The Meat Sustainability Calculator lets producers, suppliers, and others in the food chain evaluate their own impact on sustainability by comparing their results to the North American average. Producers and suppliers can […]

It’s #TattooTuesday and we just couldn’t resist sharing these farm-inspired tats from social media. Did your ink make the cut?   ???#minimalism #wheat #plants #blacktattoomag #blacktattooart #blxckink #blackworkers #blackworkerssubmission #onlyblackart #equilattera #instainspiredtattoos #blxckink #taot #tattooistartmag #skinartmagazine #iblackwork #inkstinctsubmission #skinartmagazine #tattooistartmag #tatto2me #linework #lineworktattoo #taot #wiilsubmission #whichinkilike A photo posted by •Diana Severinenko (@dianaseverinenko) on Nov […]

Do you have an agribusiness plan that needs a little boost? Alltech is investing $10 million in the Pearse Lyons Accelerator program to provide market opportunities for entrepreneurs to fully develop their agriculture, food and ag-tech plans. Set to run annually for five years, the program is a three-month intensive boot camp for food and […]

Precision agriculture just got a little more simple, especially if you drive different brands of farm equipment.  Nine equipment manufacturers will soon release products to enhance a grower’s ability to manage data across different precision agriculture systems — regardless of the system manufacturer, thanks to AgGateway’s ADAPT conversion toolkit. “The ADAPT framework removes the complexity of […]

Is BT not performing in your fields?  DuPont Pioneer researchers may have just found an alternative protein for controlling corn rootworm. A protein from a non-Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacterium source shows promise as an alternative means for controlling corn rootworm in North America and Europe. Science magazine published the finding this week. “This research represents […]

VFD documentation… where do you start? Hubbard Feeds and their dealers have recently partnered with GlobalVetLINK (GVL) to help producers prepare for the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) changes that will occur January 1, 2017. GVL’s complete VFD system, FeedLINK, provides feed distributors and dealers with a 21 CFR Part 11 compliant online software platform to […]