AgCareers.com Launches Virtual Career Fairs

Lizzy Schultz

AgCareers.com is now providing candidates the opportunity to attend a career fair from anywhere with AgCareers.com Virtual Career Fairs. The Virtual Career Fairs allow anyone pursuing a career in the agricultural industry to attend a career fair with just a computer and internet access. The virtual fairs are free for job seekers, and allow them to network and communicate with …

AgCareers, Agribusiness, Events

Pressure Continues on Illinois Farmland Values

Joanna Schroeder

Pressure continues on farmland values in Illinois according to research released during the 2016 Farm Progress Show. Prices have been reduced on average between an estimated 3.3 percent and 7 percent with projected low net returns and softening commodity prices cited as the primary cause of the decrease in value. The results of the Mid-Year “Snapshot Survey” was provided by …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farm Progress Show

Shipping Soy and Other Specialty Grains

Jamie Johansen

For the 4th year in a row U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) has joined forces with the Midwest Shippers Association (MSA) to host the U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange and Midwest Specialty Grains Conference. Sometimes it’s easy to forget how our products get from point A to point B. We put our heart and soul into production and neglect the …

Agribusiness, Audio, Exports, Feed, Food, International, Soybean, transportation, USSEC

NCGA Tells EPA to Leave Atrazine Alone

Joanna Schroeder

Atrazine is once again under attack with a recent report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) highly critical of the ag herbicide. National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) has been fighting for the right of growers to use atrazine and to learn more I spoke with Kevin Skunes, the first vice president elect for NCGA and a farmer from Eastern …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farm Progress Show, Herbicide, NCGA

#IFAJ2016 Tour – Part 11 – Bayer Wheat

Chuck Zimmerman

In this next episode of my stories from the 2016 IFAJ Congress Bayer Tours we’re going to learn about wheat production. In this ForwardFarm tour stop Cristiane Henk talks about Bayer crop protection products for wheat on the Damianshof Farm. Wheat is the biggest crop in the world in case you didn’t know that. Wheat can be affected by many …

Agribusiness, Audio, Bayer, IFAJ, Video, Wheat

Why #USSoy? These Customers Answer

Jamie Johansen

The U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange & Midwest Specialty Grains Conference welcomed hundreds of decision-making global U.S. soy customers to this year’s event to further the relationship building process and put a face to the American soybean producer. International leaders were able to meet one-on-one with key U.S. trading partners and visit soybean farms throughout the midwest. I met many …

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Audio, Food, International, Soybean, USSEC

Bayer Holds #FutureFarming Dialog at Headquarters

Chuck Zimmerman

Giving a keynote address to about 200 agricultural journalists this week in Leverkusen, Germany at the Future of Farming Dialog 2016 was Liam Condon, President of the Bayer Crop Science Division. There were three key areas to Condon’s address: challenges in agriculture, innovation and sustainability. He started out with a statement that he can not comment on the negotiation between …

Agribusiness, Audio, Bayer

Agrivisor Offers Marketing Solutions For Growers

Lizzy Schultz

Low corn and soybean prices are still placing pressure on growers across the nation, especially with the record yields expected to come out of this year’s harvest season. Cory Winstead, GROWMARK’s Division Manager for Grain Risk, spoke with AgWired during the 2016 GROWMARK Annual Meeting & Agribusiness Symposium last week to discuss ways GROWMARK is helping farmers continue to manage …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Audio, GROWMARK

The Modern Global Foodie – Are You Marketing to Them?

Jamie Johansen

Sopexa is the only international marketing agency that focuses entirely on the food and beverage community making their relationship with agriculture essential. Pauline Oudin, managing director, conducted the first ever study on the global foodie. She shared her findings during the U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange and highlighted key elements to engaging the modern foodie around the world. The multi-country …

Agribusiness, Audio, Food, International, Marketing, Soybean, USSEC

Latest Bayer offer to Monsanto

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s the latest update on the proposed Bayer acquisition of Monsanto with published statements from each. From Bayer: Bayer confirms advanced negotiations with Monsanto concerning a proposed transaction. While key terms and conditions have not yet been agreed, Bayer would be prepared to provide a transaction consideration of USD 127.50 per Monsanto share only in connection with a negotiated transaction. …

Agribusiness, Bayer