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17 Nov 2021
DECATUR, Illinois (DTN) -- Bayer has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to build a new cloud-based set of digital tools and data science solutions for use in agriculture and adjacent industries. On Nov. 17, 2021, the company said the partnership would bring new infrastructure and foundational capabilities to accelerate innovation, boo...
17 Nov 2021
CINCINNATI (DTN) -- Agriculture is seeing short-term inflation and supply chain challenges in several ways, but the industry and the overall U.S. economy will continue to be pressured by demographic and technology changes going forward. Those were just a few of the topics from speakers this week at the American Bankers Association Ag Bankers Confer...
17 Nov 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- GROWMARK and CHS Inc. launched a $50 million capital fund on Wednesday focused on creating advancements in breakthrough technologies for agriculture. The companies announced the formation of Cooperative Ventures. The fund is designed to provide technology startup companies access to both companies' distribution capabilities, ...
16 Nov 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Soybean cyst nematode is a hidden soybean killer. The parasitic pest can strip soybean yield with nary an above ground symptom. The good news is farmers who have long relied on soybean cyst nematode (SCN) resistance called PI 88788 have alternative options. More seed companies are integrating Peking resistance into their line...
16 Nov 2021
CINCINNATI (DTN) -- Despite concerns about inflation, agricultural bankers overall are more upbeat about the profitability they are seeing from their loan customers than in the past five years. The ABA and Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. (Farmer Mac) released the results of a survey Tuesday showing agricultural lenders expect 80% of their borro...