China Explores Professional Farmer Training The Chinese government recently initiated the nationwide concept of professional farmers and is starting to explore ways of providing training to help younger generations achieve that status. Traditionally, being a farmer was more of a personal identity in China that resulted from birth. The professional farmer concept is the government's effort to promote farming as a chosen profession that requires modern advanced skills because of the following:
Traditional Chinese farmers use a plow, rake, shovel and sickle to plant crops on a small patch of family-owned land and the agricultural output provides the only income. Farming patterns of the small-scale economy and the meager income from c...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...
