As 2014 came to a close, land values had stabilized from the double-digit increases of the past few years, according to Farmers National Company, a farm and ranch real estate company. Location and quality of land continue to be the main drivers of prices for a given tract of land. The lower supply of land for sale and the continued demand for agricultural land is maintaining general stability of the land market.

Great Lakes Polymer Technologies (GLPT), a company specialized in polymer engineering, has acquired and combined Bridon Cordage and Fabpro Oriented Polymers.

There are a number of factors to consider when choosing alfalfa seed and fashioning your overall forage management plan, including yield potential, stand persistence and winter hardiness, disease resistance and forage quality.

Imagine cutting next year’s first crop of alfalfa and seeing a perfect stand of deep green, healthy alfalfa flowing through your haybine. Your neighbor says it’s the best stand of alfalfa he’s ever seen. It’s obvious that your silo will not hold your entire alfalfa crop.

The Forage & Grassland Foundation is offering a first-ever John E. Baylor memorial scholarship of $1,000 for undergraduate college students in their sophomore, junior or senior year with a major related to the growing and/or feeding of forage to livestock.

Deere & Company announced on Jan. 23 that it will make workforce adjustments at several factories in Iowa and Illinois. The actions include indefinite layoffs at five locations that build agricultural equipment, as well as an extended inventory adjustment shutdown at another factory. In addition, Deere said it has added new jobs at two locations that build construction and forestry equipment.

Charlie O’Brien, Association of Equipment Manufacturers senior vice president, recently released statistics for two-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive tractors and self-propelled combine sales.