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In this episode of The Agronomists, host Lyndsey Smith talks with Edgar Hammermeister of Western Ag Professional Agronomy and Marshall McDaniel of Iowa State University about predicting nitrogen release from soil. They explore the environmental and biological factors that drive nitrogen mineralization, such as temperature, moisture, and organic matter. The discussion also highlights decision‑support tools and modeling approaches that help growers estimate nitrogen availability throughout the growing season. Finally, they examine practical tactics for building a sustainable nitrogen reserve in the soil over multiple years.
The episode dissects the abrupt shutdown of Monarch Tractor, the electric‑autonomous tractor startup that captured headlines after raising nearly a quarter‑billion dollars from investors such as C&H and forging a manufacturing tie‑up with Foxconn. After months of legal wrangling, the...
The Pulse School episode focuses on how pulse growers can balance phosphorus, potassium and sulfur (PKS) applications when profit margins are squeezed by soaring fertilizer prices. Host Amber Bell interviews Shane Stridehorse of Pulse Canada, who emphasizes that pulses’ lack...
The European Union will enforce Regulation 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste starting 12 August 2026, with a phased rollout extending to 2040. The rule applies to all food packaging, including imports, and mandates recyclability by 2030, higher recycled‑content thresholds for plastics, and...
Jiffy has launched Jiffy Pot R3, a plastic‑free, fiber‑based container designed for retail bedding plants, herbs, perennials and landscaping crops. The pot is fully recyclable in the paper waste stream and can be planted directly into soil or larger containers. Compared with...
BioWorks Europe, part of the BioFirst group, is expanding its footprint across Europe as biosolutions transition from niche alternatives to a structural component of modern crop protection. The company highlighted its biodegradable pheromone diffusion clips for Lobesia botrana in vineyards...
Wireless Value partnered with Van der Knaap Group to create a load‑cell weighing system that measures substrate moisture for pepper cultivation. Together with BBM Company, the solution was re‑engineered into a modular, greenhouse‑agnostic frame that can be installed quickly, even...
Royal Air Maroc Cargo is expanding its cold‑storage footprint at Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport, adding a 590 m² warehouse with five temperature‑controlled chambers—three for imports and two for exports. The upgrade targets the growing demand for fresh‑produce, flower and pharmaceutical shipments...
In 2018 I realized that I can grow higher yielding soybeans with wheat than without and just soybeans. I proved it to myself for 3 years straight growing 17 varieties of soybeans monocrop vs relay. While most...
CHARTS OF THE DAY: Not every fertiliser price is going up. Back in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine, nitrogen fertilisers (urea and ammonia) rose shaprly. AT THE SAME TIME, potash fertiliser (potassium chloride) also surged. This time, potash fertilisers are little changed....
The Future of Agriculture podcast episode spotlights Shane Thomas, author of the "33 Mental Models for the Modern Agribusiness Leader," and explores how these cognitive frameworks can sharpen decision‑making in a rapidly digitizing sector. Thomas defines mental models as cross‑disciplinary...
FY 2025 crop protection and seed results have all been reported, across @Bayer, @BASF, @corteva, FMC, @Syngenta, @UPLLtd, and @NufarmSeedsNA. Several players were down, however, the crop protection market was viewed as more stable (before recent geopolitical events, anyways). Channel inventories...
🇺🇸Only 35% of U.S. winter wheat is in good or excellent condition, below all trade estimates and down notably from late Nov. This is the week's fourth lowest rating of the last decade. Corn, cotton and spring wheat planting have just...
The podcast episode with Lori Boyer and University of Illinois professor Gary Schniki focuses on optimal cover‑crop termination timing for corn‑soybean rotations, highlighting how termination decisions affect yields, nitrogen dynamics, and soil health. Schniki emphasizes planting soybeans in April as the...
Export inspections destined for China in the week ending April 2 (mln bu): #corn 0.0, grain sorghum 2.3, #soybeans 18.3, #wheat 0.0 #oatt
Anything you want to move will be possible with the @stockcropper drive system… I can’t wait to get mine to move things between alley crop corn… or perennial food crops, etc https://t.co/zjfxJiRD2g
Hormel Foods has rolled out the o9 artificial‑intelligence planning platform across more than 70 of its facilities, linking demand, supply and inventory in a single system. The deployment, completed between March and December 2025, aims to shift the company from...
Air Tractor Holdings announced the acquisition of competitor Thrush Aircraft, uniting the two largest manufacturers of aerial application planes. The companies will continue operating as separate entities with distinct dealer networks and production lines in Texas and Georgia. The merger...
Japanese startup Fermelanta has developed a platform that inserts nearly 30 plant genes into a single E. coli strain, allowing microbial fermentation of complex, rare plant secondary metabolites in one step. The technology bypasses traditional CRISPR tools and promises cheaper,...
Kawa Project has developed an upcycled powder made from spent coffee grounds that mimics industrial cocoa in taste and functionality. The product offers a more stable supply chain and price consistency compared with volatile cocoa markets. Economically, the alternative becomes...
