VISITING MIDPLAINS AG Students from Northeast Community College visited Midplains Ag on Monday April 3 to see a demonstration of our eBee Drone. Students from Northeast Community College Ryan is preparing the eBee for flight. Ryan Preflighting eBee The multispectral camera has to be calibrated before being used. It also has a sensor on the […]
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Soybean Outlook Bullish? For the first time since 2015/16, soybean yield in Brazil is in real danger of falling below trend – perhaps substantially. 2015/16 was the last year of significant dryness in Brazil during Jan/Feb. But should current two-week forecasts verify dryness this year will be noticeably worse – and more widespread – than
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It’s that time of year, again, to think about your crop insurance needs for the growing season. Sales closing date is March 15th, as normal. We will be contacting each of you to arrange for invidivual cliente meetings in the very near future. HOWEVER, we take this opportunity to remind you about our Annual Crop
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Image Courtesy AgWeb by Farm Journal An essential part of your yearly crop planning is communication with your bankers, or other financial lender services. Robert Tigner, an Agricultural Systems Economist Educator with the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, explains how to project 2019 Crop Income and how these projections are a critical first step in
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Courtesy myfarmlife.com The collection of farm data has become an essential part of today’s agricultural industry; the sharing of this data allowing both farmers, agricultural equipment, technology, service, seed and chemical providers to work together towards greater efficiency and productivity. With the explosive growth of collected, and available, farm data, also comes a concern as
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With the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill, essential price protection and federal farm subsidy provisions were directly linked to compliance with, and certification of compliance to, wetland and erodable land provisions within FSA and NRCS guidelines. Non-compliance, or failure to complete the certification form AD-1026 (to be on file with the local FSA office),
Just last month, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D – NY), along with Senator Edward Markey (D – MA), proposed new legislation that would aim to eliminate greenhouse gases from the United States within the next 10 years. Many, including Patrick Moore (co-founder of, but no longer affiliated with, Greenpeace) and the Job Creators Network, have denounced
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TerrAvion Midplains Ag is proud to announce that we have partnered with TerrAvion, the market leader in aerial imagery. Risk management is more than buying an insurance policy. It also means that you have the best information possible to base your decisions on. You start with your soils, your topography, and your knowledge to
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“We view our job as abstracting away all the complexity and delivering maps that are ready to use so that growers can spend more time applying their expertise, more powerfully, and over a larger area.” – TerrAvion Part of the yearly struggle of developing an operational plan for your farm is determining how to most efficiently
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The polar vortex and shift of the jet stream, this past week, brought major blizzard conditions followed by heavy rains and thaw which combined into a perfect 1-2 knock out punch to major portions of Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin. This ‘perfect storm’ has caused major damage to infrastructure, businesses and residences which will
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