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Margy Eckelkamp

Margy Eckelkamp is the brand leader for Farm Journal’s Top Producer and The Daily Scoop, specializing in business reporting for CEO farmers and agricultural professionals. She provides actionable intelligence to help operations navigate farmland dynamics, diversified revenue streams and overall profitability. Margy’s expertise spans regulatory and EPA issues, ag retail trends and tech innovations – topics she explores in depth on The Scoop podcast. Her nuanced analysis of modern business management ensures agricultural leaders are equipped to make informed decisions in a rapidly changing economic landscape.

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“We know rural areas are different from urban areas, people are more spread out, it's not always as easy to travel to one location that's close to everyone to get a vaccine. So we've got to work through some of those logistical barriers," Dr. Murthy says.
Industry
FAQs on COVID-19 Vaccination with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
“We know rural areas are different from urban areas, people are more spread out, it’s not always as easy to travel to one location that’s close to everyone to get a vaccine,” Dr. Murthy says.
September 21, 2022 07:55 PM
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What can organizations do to elevate their entire team’s performance? Dave Mitchell, Founder of The Leadership Difference, says the answer lies in your company’s culture.
Industry
New Employee Training Sets Strong Roots for Success
A trifecta of trends drive how livestock producers seek feed products: products that work, products they can trust, and it’s convenient for them to order.
May 13, 2022 03:10 PM
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Grassroots Carbon has provided payment to 10 Texas ranchers for their adoption of reversative grazing pastures which have resulted in nature-based, measured, verified and certified carbon credits.
Beef Production
“Not About The Cow, But The How” Carbon Program Pays Ranchers $200k
Grassroots Carbon has provided payment to 10 Texas ranchers for their adoption of reversative grazing pastures which have resulted in nature-based, measured, verified and certified carbon credits.
February 16, 2022 07:00 AM
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Margy Eckelkamp
Grassroots Carbon has provided payment to 10 Texas ranchers for their adoption of reversative grazing pastures which have resulted in nature-based, measured, verified and certified carbon credits.
Industry
Grassroots Carbon Targets Grazing and Pastureland
“We like to say that the program isn’t about the cow, but the how,” says Lauren Miller, VP Carbon Footprint Solutions at Grassroots Carbon. “Our aim is to scale up the restoration of prairie grasslands...”
July 13, 2021 03:38 PM
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Greg Henderson
Ag Policy
Carbon Tax on Beef? Where’s the Science and Logic?
Popular furors that ignore science – and even simple logic – places science-deniers at their own peril. So it is with critics of beef production.
March 17, 2021 02:45 PM
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Top Producer Summit
Industry
Use Emotional Intelligence to Tackle The Tough Stuff
“If you can manage these moments, the world is yours,” says Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry.
February 27, 2021 10:04 AM
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Margy Eckelkamp
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Industry
CoBank: COVID-19 Will Continue To Steer Economy In 2021
“The early part of the year should look very different than the latter, but in total, economic growth is estimated to be about 4%, following a retreat of roughly 4% in 2020,” says Dan Kowalski.
December 22, 2020 11:52 AM
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Margy Eckelkamp
Farm Bill
Expert Shares What Could Spark Progress On The Farm Bill
John Newton, former Senate Ag Committee economist and now executive head at Terrain, highlights three priorities and a timeframe for a final farm bill.
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KC Fed: Ag Economy Slowdown Continues
In the third quarter, farm income and loan repayment rates weakened.
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