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Optimism
Published July 29, 2022
Matthew Krueger, who farms at East Grand Forks, expects to begin the spring wheat harvest by mid-August. "Wheat is always hard to tell exactly what we are going to get until we get the combine across there, but I'm optimistic; the…AGCO Income Increases Seven Percent
Published July 29, 2022
AGCO reports second quarter sales of nearly $3 billion, an increase of 2.3 percent from one year ago. For the first six months of the fiscal year, AGCO has net income of $5.6 billion. That’s up over seven percent from…STB Hearings Scheduled
Published July 29, 2022
The Surface Transportation Board will host three days of public hearings to consider the merger of Canadian Pacific Railway and Kansas City Southern. The hearing will be September 28-30 in Washington, D.C. If approved, the Canadian Pacifican Kansas City will…Brown Moves to BASF
Published July 29, 2022
Sarah Brown will take over as the head of public affairs for BASF North American Agricultural Solutions. Brown was the vice president of Biogas. Previously, she was the executive director of industry relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation.Starling Takes Role With Research Firm
Published July 29, 2022
Aimpoint Research has hired Ray Starling as an executive advisor with a focus on public policies impacting agriculture and food. Starling was chief of staff for former Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.CP Income Declines
Published July 29, 2022
Canadian Pacific Railway reports net second quarter income of $765 million, a decline of nearly 40 percent from one year ago. Costs associated with the planned acquisition of Kansas City Southern and high fuel costs negatively impacted revenues.DFA Announces New Hire
Published July 29, 2022
Dairy Farmers of America appointed Kevin O'Donnell as its new senior vice president of sustainability. Most recently, O'Donnell was with an early-stage investment firm that focused on agriculture and food technology startups.MN FBM Adds Two Instructors
Published July 29, 2022
Minnesota's Farm Business Management Program has added two new instructors, Narayan Dhakal and Erik Heimark. Dhakal is originally from Nepal and completed his graduate studies at the University of Minnesota. Dhakal will focus on urban agriculture in the seven-county metro…Basis Doesn’t Lie
Published July 28, 2022
Progressive Ag Marketing market analyst Tom Lilja is taking in the results from the Wheat Quality Council Spring Wheat Tour. "There are a lot of spring wheat acres in North Dakota and the crop looks pretty good." Lilja says the…