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By Tom Polansek April 2, 202612:47 AM GMT+8https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-farmers-plant-less-corn-iran-war-spikes-fertilizer-prices-2026-04-01/ Corn is harvested from a field in Roachdale, Indiana, U.S. October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights CHICAGO, March 31 (Reuters) – U.S. farmers plan to plant less corn and more soybeans in 2026 than ​last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, as the Iran war […]

April 8, 2026 | Posted in Dealer Business Operationshttps://www.farm-equipment.com/articles/25184-dis-corp-introduces-dex-an-ai-assistant-built-for-equipment-dealers Dealer Information Systems (DIS) Corp, a leading dealership management software provider serving agriculture, lift truck, construction, and truck refrigeration dealers across North America, today announced Dex (Dealer Expert), an AI assistant designed to fundamentally change how dealerships operate, make decisions, and scale. Select DIS customers are

April 8, 2026 | Elaine Watsonhttps://agfundernews.com/inside-peppers-push-to-digitize-foodservices-long-tail-armed-with-50m-and-agentic-ai Agrifood is one of the largest industries where workflows remain surprisingly manual, observed Maarten Goossens at Anterra Capital in AgFunderNews’ recent investor survey. As such, the ROI from digitization—which can in turn be turbocharged by AI—is “unusually tangible.” A case in point: foodservice distribution, which is dominated by a handful of giants in the

By Ella Cao, Colleen Howe and Naveen Thukral April 7, 20261:46 PM GMT+8https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-coal-based-urea-insulates-its-farmers-global-fertiliser-turmoil-2026-04-07/ [1/2]Farmers load sacks of fertiliser into a seeder on a wheat field in Nanyang, Henan province, China October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights [2/2] A worker stands next to sacks of fertilisers unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Lianyungang,

By Ed White April 3, 20266:03 PM GMT+8https://www.reuters.com/world/us/north-american-farmers-pinch-pennies-farm-machinery-profitless-growing-season-2026-04-03/ A drone view shows acres of corn fields filling the landscape near Springdale, Iowa, U.S., August 20, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights REGINA, Saskatchewan, April 3 (Reuters) – Farm machinery salespeople are wrapping up ​a dismal season of farm shows across North America as farmers gear up

By Sybille de La Hamaide April 3, 20264:10 PM GMT+8https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/world-food-prices-extend-rise-march-united-nations-fao-says-2026-04-03/ Sacks of harvested wheat are seen at a grain market in Gaggarpur village, in the northern state of Haryana, India, April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra Purchase Licensing Rights PARIS, April 3 (Reuters) – World food prices climbed in March to their highest level since ‌September last year

April 2, 2026 | Elaine Watsonhttps://agfundernews.com/digital-twins-heritable-ag-combines-ai-genomics-and-environmental-data-to-slash-rd-timelines Theoretical physicist turned agtech entrepreneur Brad Zamft, PhD, at Google X spinout Heritable Agriculture, is on a mission to make plant breeding faster and cheaper. AgFunderNews (AFN) caught up with Zamft (BZ) at World Agri-Tech in San Francisco to discuss digital twins for crops, AI-driven gene discovery, and how combining AI, genomics, and high-resolution environmental data

By Noah Newman posted on April 1, 2026 | Posted in Precision Ag Sales & Servicehttps://www.farm-equipment.com/articles/25155-video-why-theres-no-going-back-with-ai-in-ag Jeremy Groeteke, global head of IT and digital strategy at Syngenta, breaks down some of the latest trends with AI in agriculture and shares key takeaways from his presentation at the 2026 FEMA Supply Summit and Showcase in San

For 100 years, Iowa Master Farmers have adopted technology to ensure their farms’ growth. By Andy Castillo,Editor of Farm Equipment and Machinery,Farm Progress, April 1, 2026https://www.farmprogress.com/technology/hybrid-corn-biofuels-now-ai-how-tech-shapes-farming YIELDS OF DREAMS: Crop technology has come a long way over the past 100 years — a time when open-pollinated corn varieties gave way to hybrids. These days, technologies