Ag Business Articles
Inflation Accelerates
Published October 14, 2022
The September Consumer Price Index rose 8.2 percent. That's down from 8.3 percent in August, but above trade expectations. The food-at-home index increased 13 percent over the past year. The index for cereals and bakery goods was up more than…From Bayer to Pivot Bio
Published October 14, 2022
Lisa Safarian is the new president and chief operating officer of Pivot Bio. Safarian has been the president of the Bayer CropScience North American division.Findlay Moves to Rabo AgriFinance
Published October 14, 2022
Ryan Findlay is the new regional lead for business development for carbon banking at Rabo AgriFinance. For the past two years, Findlay ran his own consulting business. Previously, Findlay was CEO of the American Soybean Association.FBN Releases First Fertilizer Report
Published October 13, 2022
Farmers Business Network released its first Fertilizer Price Transparency Report, that examines how fertilizer prices will impact farmers’ application rates this fall. The report shows- widespread fertilizer price variation across regions with nitrogen fertilizers costing about twice as much as…NCI to Host Everything Ethanol Webinar
Published October 13, 2022
The Northern Crops Institute is hosting the second webinar in its newest series, Everything Ethanol, on Wednesday at 10 AM. Dr. Steffen Mueller, principal economist, Energy Resources Center, will be presenting on GHG and emissions reductions from U.S. produced corn…Glaeser Steps Down
Published October 13, 2022
The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation has begun the search for a new public policy director. Amber Glaeser, who has been with Minnesota Farm Bureau for ten years, has accepted a position as the state government affairs director at Land O’Lakes.Former National FFA Officer Takes New Role
Published October 13, 2022
Beginning January 1, Dr. Travis Park will take over as the director of agricultural education, the National FFA board chair and National FFA advisor. Park is a professor at North Carolina State University and was the 1992-1993 National FFA president.…Heitkamp to Lead IOP
Published October 13, 2022
Former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp will become the head of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics at the beginning of the year. Heitkamp will replace former Barack Obama senior advisor David Axelrod. This is a nonpartisan institute that…FBN: Adjustments Anticipated for Fertilizer
Published October 13, 2022
Over the past two years, urea prices rose nearly 200 percent and DAP prices are up 112 percent. Farmers Business Network has released its first Fertilizer Price Transparency Report. FBN found the high price of fertilizer will cause farmers to…