The 2020 Heart of America Agricultural Hemp Classic provided some key information to an audience Missouri Hemp Association Executive Director Bill Cook described as “hungry” when it comes to learning more about the hemp industry. “I think the big thing that stood out to me is that we have a pretty wise and cautious group of producers that are very …
Animal Ag Bites 2/3
An initial agenda is now available for the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2020 Stakeholders Summit, themed Primed & Prepared. The turnout for the 2020 International Production & Processing Expo approached 32,000 poultry, meat and feed industry attendees from all over the world. This year saw an 8 percent increase in the number of buyers. In addition, the show has more than …
Unifying the Voices for Industrial Hemp
The U.S. Hemp Growers Association is unifying state and regional hemp associations, while looking to engage the farmer base that is already producing hemp or looking to do that in the near future. “We see ourselves as advocates for the hemp farmer and those that are wanting to learn,” said Doug Edge, who serves on the U.S. Hemp Growers Association …
Hemp Association to Join Western Farm Show in 2021
A partnership between the Missouri Hemp Association and the Western Farm Show will see those groups working together in 2021. “We understand that a lot of our attendees, the row crop farmers, are indeed future hemp producers, so we see the correlation there. Our show has been about education, so we see this as a great opportunity to provide this …
Zimfo Bytes 1/31
Are you planning on entering the 2020 IFAJ awards? The application deadline is Feb. 21, 2020. While 2019 was a challenging year for many farmers, photographers shared their stories in the sixth National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Fields-of-Corn Photo Contest. This year, NCGA awarded two Grand Prizes. One selected by a panel of judges, submitted by Harlen Persinger from Wisconsin …
Soil Health Key for Hemp Production
Much like traditional row crops, soil health is also very important when growing industrial hemp, according to David Yoder with BigYield.us. “We’re really big on soil health,” said Yoder. “What we’re seeing is, the hemp product is going to look a lot like corn, as far as your nutrient levels. So we’re basing a lot of our information and knowledge …
Legal Diligence Important for Hemp Farmers
Farmers looking to experiment with industrial hemp production have a lot of legal factors to consider, according to Joel Cape of Cape Law Firm. “The thing that has caught my attention is aside from the fact that this is a brand new industry – the production practices are brand new – there are a lot of unknowns,” said Cape, who …
Precision Ag Bytes 1/29
Bushel, an innovative provider of grain industry software, and Granular, a leading Farm Management Software platform, have announced an agreement to collaborate, streamlining farmers grain management and marketing tasks. Following engagement with As You Sow, The Kellogg Company announced a commitment to phase out the use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent in its major wheat and oat supply …
FMC Grows Presence in Fruit, Vegetable Market
Since the 2017 acquisition of DuPont assets brought the diamide chemistry over to FMC, the company has continued to increase its presence in the fruit and vegetable market. “We’ve been in this market, but not to the substantial efforts we have today,” said Bubba Stripling with FMC. “And with the pipeline that’s coming we’re looking for tree, fruit and vegetable …
Closing the Crop Protection Gap in Hemp
Certis USA was an event sponsor at the 2020 Heart of America Agricultural Hemp Classic in Independence, Mo. “We find that this group of people – leaders in agriculture and in the hemp industry – are really at the forefront, and Certis is excited to be leaders in the industry for farmers, for people coming in as well as for …