I’ve been talking to you about prepay in each of our last two magazines. Perhaps the most important thing to consider when you prepay is trust. Do you trust your supplier enough to honor your prices and to be there in the spring when [...]
XtendFlex and Enlist are going to run out. Period. The dicamba lawsuit didn’t hit last spring until after soybean production acres were in the field, and there simply wasn’t time for the industry to ramp up. This all makes booking soybean seed early [...]
Since you were probably expecting to be reading about the new XtendFlex soybeans where you have tolerance to dicamba (XtendiMax/Engenia/FeXapan), glyphosate (Roundup), and glufosinate (Liberty); I will have to disappoint you a little. As of today when I’m writing this article, the [...]
Did you know that over the last 4 years, Roundup pricing on average has gone up 19.8% between September and June? See the chart below. Considering that’s only 9 months, that means on an APR basis you are [...]
2020 has been a great year for seed corn production (other than in some storm areas) and the quality looks to be top notch. Thank goodness for that because there are a ton of new things coming for 2021 planting that you are [...]
If you follow Darren and me on TV, radio, workshops, field days, or anything we write, you are probably getting tired of hearing us talk about tiling, but that’s okay. There is still a shocking amount of acreage in the U.S. that is not [...]
On many farms, it isn’t uncommon for operators to diversify the family income with a side hustle, second career, or the additional financial support of a working spouse. It’s a natural part of spreading risk when it comes to making ends meet. What [...]
You don’t like to take a dock for wet soybeans at the elevator. You don’t want to spend money drying corn. I understand both points, but when can these “expenses” actually prove to be worthwhile investments? [...]