Farm Journal Test Plots: One-Two Punch for SCN and SDS

For three years, the Farm Journal Test Plots team has been studying new genetics and seed treatments to manage SCN and SDS on the front end since there are no in-season treatment options.

Sometimes They Just Won't Listen

For the third time now in the past four weeks, bears have made a run at the corn market, pressing March futures south of the 3.80 mark and within a day, if not on the day, each time the market has rejected their attempt to muscle prices lower and have snapped back into the 3.85/3.90 price parameters.

Farm Journal Hemp College Teams up with World Ag Expo

Join Farm Journal for an information packed three-hour Hemp College Workshop in Tulare, CA in conjunction with World Ag Expo on Feb. 12. Register today.

2019 Prevent Plant Still Has Market Implications

This past year's record prevent plant acres won't just affect last season's marketing, but will continue to play out this year. Ending stocks aren’t as high as originally predicted, and 2020 could be another year with higher-than-normal PP. What does this mean for marketing? In addition, do farmers who have to take another year of PP have any options?

How I Am Capturing Additional Profits In A Sideways Market

Jon Scheve details three straddle trades he has done recently. 

Cope with Farm Stress

Is daily stress keeping you from being your best self? Salvage your outcomes and your outlook by taking these seven steps to reduce stress.

Listen More, Talk Less: Mike Paustian Takes On Leadership of Iowa Pork

Mike Paustian, a pig farmer from Walcott, Iowa, took over the reins as the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) president last week and shares his thoughts on a wide variety of topics.

Join our $100 Ideas Club

Think you have an idea worth $100 – or even $200? Submit it here! Upon publication in Farm Journal, the Double Your Money winner receives $200. Other farmers featured receive $100 each.

This High School Uses Coffee to Help Boost its Milk Consumption

The students at Williston High School, located in Williston, North Dakota, have been consuming more milk in the last three years thanks to a trendy beverage option on their school lunch menu.

Fayette County, IL

Corn was average to little below. Beans 10 below average in 2019. So much for China deal. Markets nothing but down since trade deal signed. It's all political and I don't believe anything USDA says anymore. We aren't fighting China. Our own government reports is who we are fighting. MFP payments help but they are not the cure. What we need are truthful reports not speculation that is destroying our farmers. I don't see what the reports say are true. What I saw last summer and fall doesn't match with reports I read here from USDA.

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