Latest News From Farm Journal Editors

More Traffic Slowdowns At The Panama Canal
More Traffic Slowdowns At The Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is now cutting its daily ship transits by half this winter due to severe drought.

Farm-style Shark Tank Pitches Five Agriculture Technologies
Farm-style Shark Tank Pitches Five Agriculture Technologies

In hot-box style, five diverse farm technologies—Salin 247, Susterre, Phinite, BovIQ, and Holganix—took center stage at Top Producer Summit in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 15.

Who’s Behind the Wheel? Passing the Farm to the Next Generation
Who’s Behind the Wheel? Passing the Farm to the Next Generation

Three highly respected growers from Illinois, Iowa, and Oregon offer a string of succession factors for consideration.

Core Strength: Developing Leaders at All Levels of the Farm
Core Strength: Developing Leaders at All Levels of the Farm

Rena Striegel, a consultant with Transition Point Business Advisors, detailed five steps toward strengthening the core of a farm business, speaking at Top Producer Summit in Nashville, Tenn.

Farm Journal is hosting a major new farm show.
Farm Journal Announces Major New Farm Show — Farm Journal Field Days

Farm Journal today announced the launch of a major new “COVID-conscious” farm show experience called Farm Journal Field DaysTM, set for Aug. 25-27, 2020, on farms in eastern Iowa and northwest Ohio.

Madeline McGarry, Grace Vehige and Macey Hurst are winners of the Sonja Hillgren Memorial Scholarship.
Farm Journal Awards Sonja Hillgren Memorial Scholarships

The Sonja Hillgren Memorial Scholarship provides three university students who have a passion for food and agriculture with $1,500 each, professional development opportunities and mentoring from Farm Journal staff.

Typically, wild pigs lose consciousness and death occurs within 2.5 to 3 hours after consuming a lethal dose of sodium nitrite.
Wild Pig Toxicant Ready for Trials

With 6.3 million wild pigs rampaging across 39 states and causing up to $2.5 billion in damages each year, researchers are hopeful a new oral toxicant will help curb wild pig populations.

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The $660 Million Pigs

A research breakthrough could stop a deadly porcine disease