YouTube blogger David Dubyne is posting a series of reports on the dust and sulphur dioxide cloud circling the Southern Hemisphere following the Jan. 15 volcanic eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific. The analyst posted this 13-minute video on his Adapt 2030 channel. He guesstimates that crops could be damaged significantly in Argentina, Australia and South Africa. The comments start […]

For two years we’ve scrambled to tell farmers some good news signaling an end to Covid contagion and our government’s blind mandates for gene-therapy injections while barring known, effective early treatments.  January 24, 2022:  Commentary by Jerry Carlson  Finally, two major breakthroughs flashed in Washington last weekend and today: First, on Sunday more than 30,000 Americans peacefully

As of Jan. 22, all non-U.S. citizens entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico must present proof they’re fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Canada imposed a similar barrier Jan. 16. Supply disruptions are already rippling across North America. In response, Canadian truckers launched a 40-mile-long convoy of trucks from Vancouver to Ottawa in protest. Now the concept is arousing enthusiasm

For over a decade, we’ve encouraged farmers to transition to biologically based Renewable Farming, or even certified organic, to get resilient against shocks of higher prices or regulatory shocks. Corn and soybean growers who’ve successfully transitioned to organic farming are able to cushion against this season’s explosion of fertilizer and chemical prices. They’re also able to budget cash bids of $9.50 corn

Yesterday’s AgriEnergy Solutions webinar with the firm’s nationwide sales team reaffirmed AgriEnergy’s ability to field reliable products and solid education. At 85, I’m  definitely the oldest rep on AgriEnergy’s nationwide map. In 1990 I traveled the West with AgriEnergy founder Dave Larson, and wrote a LandOwner Newsletter about one of the first “biological farming” consultant conferences that fall. In

It is the start of a brand new year and many areas with agriculture start with a clean slate. In many realms the slate is not clean and there are more unknowns that normal. There are lots of supply chain and input supply questions that we may not have final answers on or about until

Historically, independent farm families have always provided the backbone of freedom and democracy in America. Yet today, many of our farm-based friends tell us their greatest anxiety is not making a profit, it’s the divisive dictates pouring out of Washington. These mandates divide us, discourage us, and threaten to disable us. Your neighbor may say, “But I can’t do anything

Prices for most ag chemicals and fertilizer are soaring. But our WakeUP price from March 1 through the 2022 season remains unchanged: $90 per gallon in 2.5-gal. jugs. We’ve been able to keep WakeUP profitable for you since 2009 by enhancing our efficiency and volume.  It gets even better for you: Pre-season orders paid by

As 2022 opens, an encouraging sight here in northeast Iowa is bright green cover-crop fields scattered among fall-tilled cornfields and bare fields of soybean stubble. Our guess is about five out of 100 fields of corn or soybeans were planted to covers this fall. Mostly cereal rye. January 3, 2022:  When we encourage our WakeUP clients to