When Monsanto purchased the Precision Planting operation from central Illinois farmer Gregg Sauder in 2012, No-Till Farmer editors asked readers about their concerns with sharing electronically generated on-farm crop data. While six out of every 10 growers surveyed at that time were concerned about sharing their cropping data with suppliers, these worries have become worse with Deere’s recent purchase of Precision Planting’s hardware and technology from Monsanto.

NOBODY HAS TO remind you that lower grain prices and higher crop input costs are having a serious impact on your farm income. With earnings for farmers expected to tumble by over 35% in 2016, most suppliers are also seeking new ways to slash costs.

The Department of Agriculture issued its decision to deregulate Dow AgroSciences’ Enlist corn and soybean traits in the U.S.

CNH Industrial, the parent of farm-equipment brands Case IH and New Holland, has purchased the assets of Miller-St. Nazianz, a leading maker of precision sprayers and Ag-Bag silage packaging and storage solutions.