In 2019, it was all about taking advantage of the opportunities you were presented. You had to roll when the weather allowed, and you had to make market maneuvers in the few windows where it could pay off. Farm Credit said after a year that was as challenging as this...
There are many jobs that need doing on your farm. It is always important to have the right equipment available to do those jobs. Mahindra is the best-selling tractor in the world. They have been in the United States for a quarter-century, and they are starting to turn...
Preparedness and flexibility seem to be the hallmark lessons we learned in 2019. There were so many ways producers were forced to adapt their plans, but they weren?t the only ones. Companies like FMC are taking what they learned and trying to help producers be...
One of the most romantic sectors of modern agriculture is custom harvesting. Being able to travel a thousand miles across the Plains and Midwest to stay with the season and run monstrous reapers across the fields just sounds interesting. I spoke with a modern day...
Precision Ag data is nothing new. We have had it around for many years. What you may not realize is the rate of growth in this technology. Just over this past year, we have seen a growth rate of 400% in the use of precision ag tools. The tools are as varied as the...
Agriculture technology keeps advancing at an exciting rate, especially when it comes to the machinery you are using to grow your crop every year. We aren?t just talking about the implements, but what the implements can tell you. With the monitoring systems in place,...
Calves often contract respiratory challenges during weaning, costing producers time and money. Purina recently asked, ?Can we keep calves healthier, while reducing total use of antibiotics??Ted Perry, cattle nutritionist with Purina, speaks to years of research, which...
We are living in an Internet based world. If you live in rural America, however, you are the least served by this communications technology.There are strong parallels between access to electricity for rural people in the 1930?s and Internet access today. The head of...
As we look back on 2019, we look at the challenges we faced and the lessons we learned. Nothing we did was normal this year. It seemed the whole growing season was moved along by prayers and wishful thinking. No aspect of your crop plan was immune to these challenges,...
Growers in 2019 faced a variety of weed issues, due to ample moisture and prevented planting. An agronomy manager for Pioneer offers tips and tricks for combating weeds in 2020.Dan Berning, agronomy manager for Pioneer, says, ?2019 is going down as a benchmark year,?...
