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2025.04.15
Construction Equipment Crosses Over to the Farm
This episode of the Successful Farming podcast features host Dave Mowitz and Andy Campbell of Tractor Zoom discussing what to look for and where to find deals on skid steers, telehandlers, and more.
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2025.04.14
Tradition meets technology: Illinois report says future of farming includes AI and robots
Technology is the key to meeting growing demands and higher yields each year while protecting the environment that provides it, according to a recent report by agriculture and AI researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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2025.04.14
Earthquake in Myanmar: As the planting season nears, FAO scales up emergency response for farmers
FAO aims to reach over 70,000 people with agricultural inputs and financial and infrastructure support to help them rebuild their livelihoods
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2025.04.11
Warmer Temperatures Ahead, Flooded States Catch a Break
As farmers look to get in the field, warming temperatures and a slow-down in precipitation may present windows for early planting.
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2025.04.10
Farmers in 6 States Have Started Planting Corn, USDA Says
Here’s what else the agency said in its first Crop Progress report of the season.
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2025.04.09
At FAO Council, Director-General QU Dongyu emphasizes world’s growing need for the urgent and accelerated transformation of global agrifood systems
The 177th Session of the FAO Council opened on Monday at the Organization’s headquarters in Rome.
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2025.04.08
30 years of AQUASTAT: FAO celebrates global water data milestone
Event also features UN-Water strategy briefing and calls for stronger global coordination on water data.
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2025.04.07
FAO Food Price Index remains stable in March
Rising vegetable oil quotations offset lower prices for wheat, maize, rice and sugar
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2025.04.02
Carbon Robotics unveils ‘AutoTractor,’ a self-driving platform to boost productivity on farms
Long gone are the days on the farm where getting up at the crack of dawn to run a tractor through fields might have been just the start of a long day’s work. Now, the tractor could very well have been running all night
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2025.04.02
USDA Says Corn Acres Up 5% in 2025
Today, the USDA released the 2025 Prospective Plantings report. In the report, the agency said U.S. farmers will plant nearly 5 million more corn acres in 2025 compared with last year.