Agriculture Costs Articles & Analysis
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In the world of agricultural commodities, cost prices are notoriously volatile. These commodities are crucial for the nutrition supply chain, especially in animal feed production and essential food industries like flour milling. ...
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In the nutrition industry, where every percentage point of margin counts, protecting those margins can be a challenging task. With agricultural commodities driving costs and market dynamics constantly shifting, staying ahead requires a proactive approach. ...
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The theft of equipment from construction sites and farms has a significant impact on the businesses targeted from both the loss and replacement of the equipment taken, in addition to the cost of temporarily reduced activity and downtime within these sectors. ...
Today's agricultural producers have a much more complex job to do than their historical counterparts. Farmers of the past have basically either grown, harvested, or purchased their livestock feed from one of their nearest neighbors. As transportation options became more widely available in rural parts of the country, some farmers shifted solely to the production of animal feed, leaving others ...
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To help farmers with that task, a webinar on precision agriculture will be offered live by agronomic experts with Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. The free event will feature “Using Precision Agriculture to Make Informed Decisions,” presented by John Fulton, an ...
Roughly one tenth of overall man-made greenhouse gas emissions originate in changes of land use - mainly due to the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural land, as the forests store much more carbon in their lush plant cover and pristine soil. ...
The study, published in the 18 December issue of Nature Communications, by a team of scientists at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE) and McGill University, Canada, calls for better investments in agriculture to meet a projected doubling of food demand by 2050. The team developed geographically detailed maps of annual harvested areas and yields of ...