Crop consultant Bob Streit of Central Iowa Agronomics is one of our key WakeUP distributors, and he also allows us to occasionally post excerpts from his reports to farmer clients....
The Biden administration's "American Families Plan" would tax inherited land at capital gains rates as a sale. That would curtail childrens' ability to inherit a farm with a new tax basis "stepped up" to...
My longtime friend Jim Wiesemeyer, Pro Farmer's policy and trade analyst based near Washington DC, posted this prediction today on ProFarmer.com:
"How low will Brazil’s corn crop go? A lot lower than many think and...
The April 27 U.S. Drought Monitor map shows "abnormally dry" conditions creeping eastward from the Southwest and Plains states into Iowa and the Eastern Corn Belt. Here's an inexpensive array of...
Robust prices for corn, beans and wheat — but breathtaking costs for fertilizer and many crop protection products — create a powerful incentive for enhancing your foliar spray program with WakeUP.
April 29,...
In 2009, Renewable Farming LLC was the first to document how the colloidal micelle technology of WakeUP enhances foliar-sprayed nutrient absorption and translocation.
Renewable Farming has proven this with hundreds of...
It has taken 30 years, but major farm media are publishing excited reports on how healthier soil raises greater profits per acre. But many of these "sustainable" systems fail to deal with a...
On Feb. 22 we listed a dozen reasons why living on your farm is the best location, and the best business, through the pandemic and intensifying cultural upheaval in America....
Stronger new-crop grain prices make another 4 to 5 bu. per acre worth including $2 to $3.50 worth of WakeUP per acre. A decade of farmer experience with WakeUP shows this: If your...
Dr. Joseph Mercola, America's No. 1 online health advocate, is launching a broad-based campaign for "Regenerative Agriculture." His alliance includes global activists for healthy agriculture such as India's Vandana Shiva.
April...
Profitable prices for corn, soybeans and wheat underscore the importance of high yields this season. But seasonal forecasts are raising the odds of a second year of dry-weather stress in the...
Spraytec, a major Brazilian crop nutrition manufacturer, has invested years of experience overcoming Brazil's mineral deficient soils. Now they're offering a broad-spectrum mineral and biostimulant blend, Impulse, to help American...
Here's where you can download and read the 2020 field test results of Vitazyme — probably the most thoroughly proven biostimulant in agriculture. In previous years, our Renewable Farming field...
For 30 years I've encouraged Renewable Farming: a focus on biological products and cover crops to restore soil health, long-term yield gains and wider profit margins.
March 31, 2021 By Jerry Carlson ...
Today, two stories popped up on my computer which coincided to dramatize how farm consolidation, technocracy and federal "help" are making farming less resilient and more stressful.
March 28, 2021 By Jerry Carlson...
This brief report links you to a new 40-page Belize Ag Report, giving you a glimpse of fascinating farming diversity in Central America. Belize is the only Central American nation...
A research-minded farmer sent us these photos of a winter corn-growing test with BioEnsure, a beneficial fungus organism which helps crops endure stress. He’s cautious about big conclusions from a...
Iowa agronomic consultant Bob Streit often refers to an unorthodox meteorologist, Simon Atkins, who incorporates many factors into his seasonal forecasts. Here's an excerpt from Bob's weekly report to his clients...
Here's another small but dramatic demonstration that deep, fibrous corn roots with abundant mycorrhizal fungi can save bushels under dry-weather stress.
March 11, 2021 — Since January, we've repeated several greenhouse trials...
February 22, 2021 By Jerry Carlson Living and working on your farm or ranch is a haven from pandemic paranoia, cultural clashes and financial fears tormenting families in locked-down cities. Our small farm...
