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Talking, Learning, Sharing for Mutual Benefits

Growers learn from other growers. Emmanuel Bankston, Climate-Smart Manager for ADM Golden Peanut Company, says speaking with growers on their farms helps him understand their challenges and successes. Plus, as a farmer himself, he sees firsthand how regenerative ag practices and programs benefit a farming operation – whether that’s on his acres or those of…

Time Stamp Your Grain Marketing Plan

Time-stamped grain marketing is a tool for mitigating risk and planning for profit. By selling portions of your crop at intervals throughout the year, you may increase your chances of encountering favorable market conditions. Hugo VanRoessel, ADM Area Sales Manager, states, “Effective grain marketing can seem like a Herculean task. When you break down the…

Nighttime in the Fields: A Sustainable Shift in Peanut Farming

It’s the middle of the night and Donald Chase is out in the field, guiding his sprayer down a narrow row of peanut plants. The cool Georgia night air has displaced the intense daytime heat typical during the hot summer months. Headlights pierce the darkness as the sprayer works its way through the peanut fields,…

Faces of Food: Connected to Consumers, Advocating for Agriculture

At one time, farms sold directly to consumers, building relationships and understanding. Today, however, farms are most often removed from interaction with consumers. Georgia producer Donald Chase believes opportunities are missed because agriculture is not as connected to consumers as it should be. So he connects with them in a unique way. Watch video and…

Howard Hodge Jr.’s Secret to Sustainable Farming: Cattle at the Core

In the quiet stretches of northern Florida, near Marianna, Howard Hodge Jr.’s farm seems at ease under the morning sun. While the fields of peanuts and bahiagrass catch the breeze, it’s his cattle, grazing steadily in the pasture, that form the heart of Howard’s sustainable operation. Though Howard has retired from his off-farm job, his…

What Can Forward Marketing Do for Your Operation?

Historical trends in the market make a strong case for forward selling. While there have been exceptions, history generally supports forward marketing. Since 2000, early crop-year futures have outperformed harvest prices by 79% of the time for corn and 71% of the time for soybeans. Despite weather years like 2012 making some farmers hesitant to…

Faces of Food: Full-time Farming with a Full-time Job

Howard Hodge Jr. has been working on his farm in northern Florida since he was six years old. Even after he earned his degree and got a full-time job off the farm, he continued to put in long hours on the farm. Along the way, he implemented unique management techniques that reduce laborious tasks and…

A New Take on an Old Grain

Name a crop you can market through ADM that’s been around forever, takes fewer inputs to grow, and makes a nice addition to a crop rotation. The answer is grain sorghum – aka milo. Milo is considered an “ancient grain,” which the Oldways Whole Grains Council defines as being largely unchanged over several hundred years.…

How ADM re:source Opens Up Export Opportunities for Producers

Export markets remain as important as ever for North American soybean producers. Every year, roughly half of the domestic soybean crop is exported to global markets. In the 2022/23 marketing year, U.S. soy exports reached a value of $39.8 billion, representing an important source of revenue for producers. That’s why ADM continues to take proactive…