January/February

Green Cover Seed leads the charge on cover crop growth

Company’s focus on soil health education leads to business success Regenerative agriculture is a fast-growing trend in agriculture in the U.S. and worldwide. That growth is mirrored in the success of Green Cover Seed, a Bladen, Nebraska company selling seeds for cover crops—an essential tool of regenerative agriculture. 1000 to 1 million acres of cover crops […]

U.S. Identity Preserved program aims to help ag exporters better compete in international markets

Quality assurance plan benefits U.S. soybean and specialty grain markets, provides assurance to global food manufacturers The Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) recently introduced U.S. Identity Preserved, a quality assurance program that U.S. grain and oilseed exporters can use to help market their products to international buyers and educate them about their value. SSGA calls the program […]

Grain buyers offer contracts to grow organic and non-GMO grains in 2022

The following companies are offering contracts to farmers to grow non-GMO and organic grains in 2022. Baird Seed Company Williamsfield, IL Phone: 309-531-1937 Email: bairdseedcompany@gmail.com Contact: Curt Haynes Contracts offered: Non-GMO soybeans.   Bluegrass Farms of Ohio Jeffersonville, OH Phone: 740-426-6683 Email: joeh@bluegrassfarmsohio.com Contact: Joe Hanusik Contracts offered: Non-GMO and organic soybeans.   Choice Grain, LLC Woodbury, […]

BASS Hybrids’ non-GMO corn seed is making waves in the U.S. Corn Belt—and Kazakhstan

In the search for crops that are resilient, high-yielding, and sustainable, Ed Baumgartner, president of BASS Hybrids, has uncovered a niche growing non-genetically modified corn seed. In the tricky, pandemic-impacted terrain of agriculture, his solution is promising. His seeds have even found a fruitful home in Kazakhstan—where farmers use the nutritious crops to feed a growing […]