What adjustments might be required from season to season? In this series, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie will explain how to cater farming systems for success field by field.

American cotton farmers are having such a difficult year that even a potential trade deal between the U.S. and China is likely to offer them little comfort.

“As the situation lingers, delivery costs and transportation fees are probably going to show up in costs to the end users, which are the farmers,” says Davis Michelsen.

“Ask questions and don’t be afraid to ask questions, health insurance is really complicated,” says Shoshanah Inwood, assistant professor of community, food and economic development at The Ohio State University.

U.S. Farm Report meteorologist Mike Hoffman says the cold air is coming from the jet stream that shows circulation, which indicates really cold air is plunging south.