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Managing Personalities, Strengths & Weaknesses
When your farm operates as a "one man band” you wear every hat, but as your operation expands you quickly realize the need to prioritize responsibilities based personality, interest, or aptitude. Nob…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Understanding & Navigating Crop Input Price Increases
Inflation is upon us, now the only question is: For how long and how much will prices keep accelerating? This is a challenge for every business, especially production Agriculture, which operates on t…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
The Benefits Of Proper Fungicide Treatment In Soybeans
Kevin Matthews of Matthews Family Farms in Yadkinville, NC joins Ruhiyyih Young of BASF to discuss how to achieve great results with proper soybean fungicide treatment. Kevin’s approach to soybeans i…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Zinc, Copper, and What??? — Nutrient Management For High Yield Corn
In the old days if you wanted a bumper crop of corn, you sprayed copious amounts of Atrazine and put down a lot of nitrogen. While some farmers may think that’s still the game plan, Kevin Matthews at…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Harvesting Data & Maximizing It For Your Farm
Matt Miles once believed a yield monitor was a nice — although not completely necessary — gadget for the combine. Today, he won’t let the combines roll if the yield monitor isn’t working properly. M…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Gaining Yield With Precision Planting
Planters have come a long way since the old days but there’s more to making your planter profitable than just paying for new paint. Illinois NCGA record setter, Dan Luepkes explains the Precision Pl…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
PGRs: Modes of Action, Timing and Benefits
In a previous episode we explained Plant Growth Regulators (PGR’s). In this episode, Peter Rousenelos and Gunther Kreps of AgXplore join Iowa farmer Kelly Garrett to further explain the mode of acti…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Practices, Habits & Failures — Lessons From A 5th Generation Farm
Every successful farming operation has practices that make the business. Likewise, farms are owned and operated by humans. Humans are prone to habit — both good and bad. And all businesses have expe…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Being Equipped to Seize Opportunities
The marketplace is in constant motion. Weather events, foreign trade and production occurrences, crop reports, and other factors create opportunities for gains (and losses!). Seasoned farm operators …
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
The Importance of a Good Working Relationship with Your Banker
Lee Lubbers and his brother started farming when even established farmers had trouble getting loans. It was during the midst of the ’80’s farm crisis. The brothers scraped and toiled to keep improvin…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago