Snirt (Snow and Dirt)
Spotlight: Ethanol and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Ag History Minute: Dust Bowl
Cool Beans/That’s Corny: China Makes Historic Corn Purchase/US Farming Loses Combine King
Ag Idiom: It’s No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk
Small and Large Farm Winter Manure Rules
Spotlight: Better Wireworm Control with New Insecticide from BASF
Ag History Minute: 7 Presidents Who Farmed or Ranched
Cool Beans/That’s Corny: JBS USA, Pilgrims Pride Offer $100 to Employees who get Covid-19 Vaccine/Fertilizer Prices Trending Up
Ag Idiom: Cool as a Cucumber
Topic: Snow as Insulation
Spotlight: SmartStax Pro Rootworm Technology
Ag History Minute: Capper-Volstead Act of 1922
Cool Beans/That’s Corny: USDA Raises Milk Price Forecast/Deere Sues Kinze, Ag Leader over High Speed Planter Patent
Ag Idiom: Milk it for All it’s Worth
Do we get Free N from Snow?
Spotlight: SoilTech and At&t Partner on Sensor
Ag History Minute: Aldo Leopold
Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Corn Hits $5 for First Time in a Long Time/Helmut Claas Dies at 94
Ag Idiom: Hold Your Horses
Topic: Our Top 10 Ag Stories of 2020 and Some Honorable Mentions
Topic: Record Keeping-Tracking Profitability
Spotlight: Male Waterhemp and Palmer Amaranth May Hold Key To Their Demise
Ag History Minute: History of Yield Monitors
Cool Beans/That’s Corny: John Deere Donates $1 Million to National FFA/Tyson Foods Fires Seven in Covid Betting Pool
Ag Idiom: Born in a Barn
Topic: Managing Risk When Making Changes to Your Operation
Spotlight: Michigan Farmer Tops NCGA Yield Contest
Ag History Minute: Gregor Mendel
Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Wisconsin Farmer Plants Soybeans in December/Brazil to Raise Tariff on US Ethanol
Ag Idiom of the Week: “Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Topic: Time Management on the Farm
Spotlight: Cloud-Ag Measuring Carbon from the Air
Ag History Minute: NAFTA 1992
Cool Beans/That’s Corny: Vilsack Officially Tapped to Return to USDA/Dean Foods Seeks to Get Back Money Paid to Dairy Farmers
Ag Idiom of the Week: Take the Bull by the Horns
Fantasy Corn League Draft for 2021
5 Teams
Mother Shuckers – Matt
Rougher Than a Cob – Bill
Doug’s Best Corning Team – Doug
Cornhole Warriors – Max
Todd’s Tilthies – Todd
Disclaimer: THIS IS FOR FUN AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. We are independent crop consultants, which means we don’t sell agricultural products and recommend products on the basis of merit and value. We feel all seed companies have many good varieties to offer. We work hard to not have company bias and pick based on past field experience with varieties and plot data. We let the Farmer pick which seed company they want to work with and then work with them to pick varieties from that seed company. If a seed company or farmer has a variety that we should try, we would love to take a look at it. Again this is for fun, the winner gets a trophy and a charity will get some money.
How to Interpret Seed Guides
Spotlight: New Syngenta Insect Control
Ag History Minute: First Hybrid Corn
Cool Beans/That’s Corny: John Deere to Host Benefit Concert/Farmers Earn 11.9 Cents Per Thanksgiving Food Dollar
Ag Idiom: Don’t Have a Cow