After a year without a crop tour, Progressive Farmer Crops Editor Matt Wilde made his way to the Southern plains with dozens of farmers, industry experts, and reporters to take part in the annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour.
Dicamba has been embroiled in regulatory and legal controversy for years at this point, and with the changing of the guard in Washington, label changes are adding complexity to what products farmers can use, including when and how they can use them.
Technologies that have been discussed for years are finally making their way into farmer’s hands, and the industry is already looking ahead to the next iteration. Discover how farmers are responding as they adopt the latest innovations and what might be next in this fast-evolving space.
Looking back at the topics covered over the past year from markets, weather, crops, diseases, laws, politics, livestock and equipment to the experiences of farmers in a time of tremendous upheaval in the 50th episode of Field Posts.
Farmers answering the spring DTN Ag Confidence Index survey report happiness for current business conditions but show slight pessimism for the year ahead.
Spring conditions are continuing to impact planting, what that might mean for the mid-season in the U.S.’s many growing regions, and a harvest outlook. We also talk about severe weather potential and the global weather picture.
Those in agriculture are aware of the considerable dilemma faced in the future: how will we feed the predicted 9 billion people expected to occupy our earth by the year 2050? The future of agriculture will be increased productivity, and farmers will master that through digital farming.
We’ll take a closer look specifically at how tight grain supplies could get mid-season, how to put today’s record basis in context, how to think about weather as the wheat season draws to a close, and how a big post-COVID summer might affect agriculture.
The agricultural industry has changed a lot throughout human history. After the industrial revolution and modern machinery’s invention like the tractor nearly 150 years ago, we have advancements like never before. As a modern farmer in 2021, you likely rely on agricultural weather and market data to become a top producer.
We’ll talk about farmer perspectives, the economics of wind, how to take community feedback into account, and best practices when considering and reviewing a proposed wind lease for your farm.
Comprehensive weather insights help safeguard your operations and drive confident decisions to make everyday mining operations as safe and efficient as possible.