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While the COVID-19 craziness has created complications with the supply chain, the farm and ranch labor supply hasn't experienced too many setbacks, according to Progressive Forage readers. 

FMC Corporation announces new Arc farm intelligence platform

As a kid, one of my summer rituals was to check out the bale counter each night to see how many small bales of alfalfa we put up that day. For a numbers geek like me, once in a while something catches my eye and forces a deeper look. Such is the case with the USDA’s summary of July 2020 hay exports.

Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about dirt, but it’s critical to our lives. Healthy soil helps produce food, supports biodiversity, filters and stores water and – crucially – can capture carbon.

On Aug. 26, the EPA and the USDA announced the Next Gen Fertilizer challenges, a joint EPA-USDA partnership and competition to advance agricultural sustainability in the U.S.