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Feb 2020
Enlist: weed control, seed technology, and more with Shawna Hubbard
Corteva's Shawna Hubbard explains Enlist E3 tolerances, when Duo beats Enlist One, susceptible crops downwind, and why generic 2,4-D is off-label.
Feb 2020
Start your engines: Sunday night market outlook
Duane Lowry explains base rates, forced basis-contract selling and why long-range USDA baseline projections cannot drive a marketing decision.
Feb 2020
Canadian Ag Day, from Canada
Alberta brothers Sam and Chad Dykshoorn on six-crop rotations, carbon tax costs, lost canola sales to China, and earning consumer trust on the farm.
Feb 2020
Sunday night market outlook: February 9, 2020
Duane Lowry tracks the February insurance price average and explains why a crowded fund short inside a narrow range can produce outsized upside.
Feb 2020
Why university custom equipment rates are not enough, or are they?
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk show how to appraise equipment with two dealers, apply the 25% rule, and find your real cost per pass before bidding work.
Feb 2020
Time tracking and its importance on your farm
Chris Barron explains why labor is 15 to 25 percent of production cost and how tracking hours by profit center shows where your farm really makes money.
Jan 2020
Michigan corn growers, cover crops, and crop insurance: Great Lakes Crop Summit 2020
Three interviews from the Great Lakes Crop Summit: Michigan corn policy clout, why two-way cover crop mixes beat 16-way blends, and crop insurance basics.
Jan 2020
Ag policy: Iowa and beyond, what you need to know
Iowa policy adviser Jake Swanson on small refinery exemptions, B20 fleet rules, hemp approval, and the Invest in Iowa Act's water quality money.
Jan 2020
Sunday night market outlook 1-26-2020
Duane Lowry argues a market saturated with fear rarely marks the high, and explains why selling below your cost of production removes no risk at all.
Jan 2020
Labor, trucking, and China: an Iowa farmer's perspective
Erik Oberbroeckling runs 11 semis in an entity separate from his Iowa farm. He covers the liability line, the labor pool it buys, and a China trip.
Jan 2020
Start planning how to react: Sunday night market outlook 1-19-2020
Duane makes the case for mapping out your price targets before a rally arrives, so a fast move does not catch the whole operation flat-footed.
Jan 2020
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida producers: extra complexity, longer growing seasons
Three Pioneer agronomists on Georgia's 1.2 million cotton acres, hurricane losses, the shift to corn for 2020, and why collaboration matters there.
Jan 2020
90-120 day market outlook from the Ag View Pitch
Duane Lowry shows how to audit a USDA report line by line and let price action and cash basis, not the headline yield, cast the deciding vote.
Jan 2020
Equipment efficiency and utilization: Brent Gloy, Agricultural Economic Insights
Brent Gloy explains earns and turns, why idle machinery drags down return on assets, and how heavy leasing can leave a farm with no equity left.
Jan 2020
Numb: an American farmer play written by the USDA
Duane Lowry reads the January USDA report: corn carryout down 18 million bushels, bean numbers unchanged, and state yields he finds hard to believe.
Rewind
On our way to TEPAP: learn more about the program
TEPAP director Mark Welch details the week-long Texas A&M executive program: 7:45 a.m. starts, 90-person classes and a $5,000 all-in cost per person.
Jan 2020
Transition planning and farm collaborations: what you need to know and how we can help
Chris Barron and Shay Foulk walk through Ag View's transition and collaboration process: discovery, an equipment LLC, and two full-day meetings.
Jan 2020
Important ARC/PLC decisions for 2020: part 1
Steve Johnson walks the ARC/PLC election: reference prices of $3.70 corn and $8.40 beans, the March 16 deadline, and ARC Individual on prevent plant acres.
Jan 2020
PLC yield update, insurance decisions: part 2
Steve Johnson explains updating PLC yields with 2013 to 2017 production, the 75% county plug, and how SCO complements farm-level revenue protection.
Dec 2019
Lending relationships: importance, insight, considerations
Ag lender Paul Schrader explains the books, balance sheets, and ratios banks want, plus how to restructure farm debt without breaking your cash flow.
Dec 2019
Sunday night market outlook: a new year
Duane Lowry explains how to size the risk of holding unsold grain into a January USDA report, and why firm basis softens a bearish surprise.
Dec 2019
Will harvest ever end in North Dakota?
Marc Cartwright reports 1.75 million acres of North Dakota corn still standing at 20 to 25% moisture, plus $0.50 to $1.25 discounts and where it sells.
Dec 2019
Merry Christmas market outlook
Duane Lowry separates selling because you hit your margin target from selling because you think price topped, and shows how to re-own upside on paper.
Dec 2019
Facing adversity head on: mom's wisdom
Vance Yelm farms 1,500 acres near Lake Park, Iowa. She describes taking over after her husband's death, the 1980s debt fight, and letting her son lead.
Dec 2019
Importance of ag communication: practical applications from a non-professional
Shay Foulk explains how farmers and seed sellers can tell their story on LinkedIn, podcasts, and in person, and why genuine intent builds trust.
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