by Dustin Hoffmann | Jan 7, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Every growing season brings us challenges. I wouldn’t call them “new” or “different” challenges for the most part. Most of them are things we have seen before but in different levels and combinations. While disease pressure is not anything new, tar spot has become a...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jan 6, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The new year has started, and there is no shortage of insights into what might happen in the 2025 U.S. growing season. Farmers make their decisions based on the markets and the outlook for their crops and livestock. That being said, we are in a situation that has many...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jan 3, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
As we prepare for a new administration later this month, vital programs across the board will likely be reviewed, tweaked, or even dropped once President Trump takes office. However, there are programs that farmers work with that they can’t afford to lose or have...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jan 2, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Last week, we talked about the challenges that are involved in helping producers of pork products understand the sometimes volatile relationship between the supply and demand sides of the industry. In that conversation with Glynn Tonsor, an economics professor at...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jan 1, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Accuracy is everything in agriculture. The right rates, the right times, the right products, the right vaccines, and the list goes on and on. You have to be precise with what you do and how you are doing it, especially at a time when we are facing higher input costs...
