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Upstream Ag Insights - June 11th 2023 - by Shane Thomas-In discussion on BioLumic, mentions "seed real estate" concept and 3 ways
"Seed Treatment (whether insecticidal, fungicide, nematicidal, or biological-based)
Genetically modifying or editing...There is a third approach which is an in-furrow application"
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The Future of Seed - by Shane Thomas - Upstream Ag"In 2018 alone the total seed business was almost $42 billion, with over 50% being genetically modified"
Data from Phillips McDougall Seed Service
"the focus on the real estate of the seed will continue to be a battle zone for biological, fertilizer and crop protection companies"
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Eroom's Law in Crop Protection - by Shane Thomas
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ANALYSIS OF SALES AND PROFITABILITY WITHIN THE SEED SECTOR"The conventional wisdom was that seeds accounted for 50% of yield gain in crops with the rest shared between
crop protection and fertilizers (Duvick et al, 1999). More recent research has shown the seeds contribution to
be more like 70% (Noleppa, 2016)"
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Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll 2024 Summary Report
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2023 Summary Report - Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll
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2022 Summary Report - Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll
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2020 Summary Report - Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll"Sometimes I feel overly dependent on purchased inputs" 52% agree and 6% strongly agree
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How Much Nitrogen Fertilizer Does Corn Need?"A substantial fraction of the nitrogen fertilizer applied to corn is not used by the plant, but instead ends up in waterways"
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The Scoop New Product of the Year
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Fertilizer Industry Handbook 2022
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2025 Illinois Crop Budgets - farmdoc daily
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Ag Playbook 2024"There are many ways to divide up the world of crop protection products.They can be segmented by application type (seed treatment, foliar, in furrow, in plant, etc.), indication (fungicide, insecticide, herbicide, nematicide, etc.), or timing of application (pre-season, mid-season, late-season). For the purposes of the Playbook, we will focus on a segmentation based upon size, which also correlates with composition"
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Products | Syngenta Seedcare
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Pesticide Use in U.S. Agriculture: 21 Selected Crops, 1960-2008"farmers choose the combination of pest control practices that maximizes the difference between pest damage reductions and control costs"
"In contrast to other inputs such as fertilizers, capital, and labor, which affect yields directly, pesticides have an indirect effect on yields by reducing crop losses"
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Five-Year Trends of How Farmers Buy Online - The Scoop 2022"Retailers have told The Scoop that 15% to 20% of their customer bases have adopted and use their grower portals. Anecdotally, they share the most commonly used features are online bill pay and product research, not necessarily product ordering"
"From this year’s research, 22% of farmers say they will buy some inputs online for next year’s crop. If that happens, then the share of farmers buying some crop inputs online will have nearly tripled in five years."
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New Data: How Many Farmers Are Buying Inputs Online? - The Scoop 2024"Every year since 2018, herbicides have been the top categories bought online."
8% in 2024 were yes buying inputs online
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Farm Journal December 2023 Page 46Availbility of products and price are top attributes influecing purchase
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Ambrook Research | The Only Thing That Lasts PodcastGreat overview of Dust Bowl and Farm Bill
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Crop Protection Chemicals Market: Trends, Opportunities, and Forecasts [Latest]USD 79.3B is crop protection market
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Surfactants 101: Understanding the Extras in Your Tank Mix
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Farmers’ Purchasing Behavior and Implications for Suppliers’ Go-To-Market Strategies
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2021 THEMES REPORT
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Corn Product Detail
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Weeds will decide the winners - by Ariel Patton - Topsoil
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How to do better napkin math - by Ariel Patton - Topsoil
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We didn’t produce this much only to produce this much
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Frequently Asked Questions about cropping system diversity and profitability | Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
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The 4R's of Nutrient Management - Field Crops
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Fall Anhydrous Ammonia Application Practices and Profitability on Fields Enrolled in Precision Conservation Management - farmdoc daily
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Fall Anhydrous Ammonia Application Practices and Profitability on Fields Enrolled in PCM
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Cost and Returns from Different Nitrogen Application Timing in Illinois - farmdoc dailyFields that apply fall vs. spring
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Major crop producers apply most nitrogen fertilizer in the spring and after planting | Economic Research Service
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Chemicals, Pesticides and Toxics Topics | US EPA
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Big, if True - by Chris Jones - The Swine Republic
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NXS... - by Chris Jones - The Swine Republic
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Cereal Killer Gifts Weapon to Iowa Farmers - by Chris Jones
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Pesticide composition and use has changed over past five decades | Economic Research Service
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