03/24/2022

Ever since Dale Wehmeyer left the University of Missouri Foundation Seed program to start his family-owned business Wehmeyer Seed, the focus has been on producing, conditioning, and distributing high-quality seed and the knowledge of how to make the most of each one. “We’re independent, we’re family-owned, and we are grateful for the part we play […]

03/21/2022

The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host a series of listening forums to hear from those who have experienced firsthand the effects of mergers and acquisitions. Food and Agriculture is one of four sectors slated for this kind of forum. Others are Health Care, Media and Entertainment and Technology. According to […]

03/17/2022

It was in the mid-1990s that Chad Gripp was faced with some tough choices: Was there a future for him in farming? “Most of our farm equipment was at least 20 years old,” he remembers. “And our farm wasn’t big enough to also support me when I would be graduating from Illinois State.” But Gripp […]

02/28/2022

Lewis Stearns, an agronomist and farmer in Northwest Ohio, says handling heavy corn residue before planting soybeans is key to getting them planted early. And getting the beans in the ground early is key to higher yields. “Early-planting for soybeans trumps most everything else in terms of yield benefit,” says Stearns. “You can expect a […]

Concerns over high fertilizer prices continue to mount among corn growers across the U.S. as prep for the 2022 planting season intensifies. Editors for Pro Farmer report that Iowa Attorney General (AG) Tom Miller is directing Iowa State University agriculture economist John Crespi, director of ISU’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, to conduct an […]

02/17/2022

“…significant residue reduction and up to 100 pounds more NPK…” Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 17, 2022 – As fertilizer prices hit record highs, one company is helping farmers claw back nutrients they already bought with a new patent-pending, fast-acting biological to break down residue and release more nutrients for next season’s crop. “Results show significant residue reduction inside […]

02/08/2022

Drive yields with Revline Hopper Throttle In-furrow Soybean prices surged this week. Combined with higher nitrogen prices, that could push soybean acres higher in 2022, but opinions on that do vary. “Right now you have a wide range of estimates, and it’s early,” Chip Nellinger of Blue Reef Agri-Marketing told AgWeb. “Usually, we haven’t seen […]

Meristem Crop Performance Group and Talc USA, (www.TalcUSA.com), have joined forces in a strategic product development agreement focused on using Talc USA’s world-class talc-graphite seed fluency platform to deliver a wide-range of new in-furrow products to boost crop performance and reduce crop nutrition costs. “We started working with Talc USA about a year ago and […]

02/02/2022

Meristem Crop Performance, Columbus, Ohio and McKillip Seeds, Wabash, Ind., today announced a new dealership agreement to serve farmers in Northcentral Indiana. Under the new relationship, McKillip Seeds will carry the Meristem Crop Performance product line and become Meristem’s ally in bringing new, innovative crop inputs to Indiana farmers to help them increase yields and […]

01/31/2022

Meristem Crop Performance Group, LLC and Lowell Schardt of The Seed Source, Inc., Wayne, Neb., announced a new dealership agreement to serve farmers in Nebraska. Under the new relationship, Lowell and his staff of The Seed Source will carry the Meristem Crop Performance product line and become Meristem’s ally in helping Nebraska farmers make the […]