How Will the Russia-Ukraine War Effect Fertilizer Prices?
Thursday, 17 March 2022
The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia could have a major effect on fertilizer availability and prices for the next few years. This is due to the fact that nearly 20% of all global fertilizer exports are from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. While Ukraine has not historically been the major contributor, the country saw a
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Regenerative Agriculture
Friday, 23 April 2021
Regenerative Agriculture is the latest trend in production agriculture, being presented by corporations due to consumer demand. But, what is Regenerative Agriculture? General Mills is one of the first companies to set goals for regenerative agriculture. Their goal is to expand their programs to 1 million acres across North America. Here are the General Mills
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Healthy Soils
Friday, 23 April 2021
Sustainability in Agriculture is one of the big topics of the past few years. There are many definitions. However, all definitions include maintaining successful production agriculture for the present and the future. All must start with and involve healthy soils. Defining healthy soils is possibly the easy part. A recent Successful Farming article included “10
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IL Solar Farms – Effect on Farmland Values?
Monday, 04 January 2021
The latest push in Illinois is to add solar energy to the grid to increase the state’s footprint of renewable energy. The state’s goal is to require 25% of retail electric sales be from renewable sources by 2025. What does this require from solar? How many farmland acres will be required? Illinois’ total electricity production
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