Murray Equipment Helps Green Valley Ag Design New Fertilizer Plant

Despite its name, the Farm Bill isn’t just about helping farmers. It’s a jobs bill, an innovation bill, an infrastructure bill, a research bill, and a conservation bill — and it’s about growing our economy.

Water quantity and quality issues threaten to hamper agriculture on a wider scale in the not-too-distant future. Technology breakthroughs and improved practices are providing potential solutions.

The sponsor partners of the CropLife State of the Industry report have demonstrated ongoing leadership including their support of this report.

A deeper dive into the metrics of the ag economy indicate a correction on the near horizon, but longer term prospects remain positive.

Following four straight years of growth, ag retailers and their grower-customers still believe that the new year will be another good one, if only the industry can weather a few potential bumps.

Retailers feel that their precision offerings won’t suffer in 2014, even if the overall agriculture market takes a hit this year.

The past few years, ag retail equipment sales have been strong. And from all indications, 2014 will be another good year for Big IRON.

With many strong sales years under its belt, the agricultural community is hoping for another positive growth experience in 2014, but mindful of a few challenges that might keep this from happening.

Retailers are closely following herbicide tolerance and drought resistance traits.

Developing markets overseas are taxing the patience of domestic ag retailers as crop protection manufacturers allocate more and more inventory to serve this relatively newer market demand.

Despite uneven weather and uncertain commodity prices, ag retailers continued to make money in 2013.

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Although there are currently dozens of weeds that show some kind of resistance to herbicides, these five are the most troublesome.

Here’s quick look at weed control strategies and their cost.

Recognizing the presence of herbicide-resistant weeds and formulating a total management plan is becoming more important than ever.

Beyond the possibility of resistance developing, ineffective control exacts cost to growers in lost yield.

Sophisticated tank mixes, multiple adjuvants and surfactants — this is the future of herbicide application.

There are lessons to be learned for the Midwest from the places where Palmer amaranth resistance to glyphosate first emerged.