(click play above for the farm podcast) How high do beef prices have to go to have a recovery in beef cow numbers? Does beef then become “lobster” in price? Is the beef cycle broken? Normally 2013 would be the high with 2016 as the low in the beef cycle. …Read MoreChanges in the Cattle Industry – 80

(click above to play farm podcast) Are agricultural people involved in social media, advocating or telling it like it really is, or something else? Some agricultural communication people say that we need a uniform message.  I disagree agriculture is not uniform so why should our message be that way. Most…Read MoreFarm Advocates – 79

(click above to listen to the farm podcast) Will There Be A Farm Bill? My latest take on farm bill happenings. I was initially wrong on a couple things, but also right on several more. When and how are not the only questions needing answers. Why needs to be answered…Read MoreFarm Bill ?2013, 2014, ???? – 078

(click play button to hear podcast) The National Pork Board has a commercial being aired that trashes beef.  I am a beef producer and we used to raise pork.  I also believed that all of agriculture needs to hang together or we will all be hanged separately. Well, it seems…Read MoreWhy does Ag have to pick on Ag / Pork needs to apologize to Beef – 077

Current Crop Report Road trips around the midwest Judi and I had to take 2 trips through some of the heart of the midwest corn belt.  I give my observations here.  Dry in lots of places, if no rain during the last week of July, crops will start to go…Read MoreCrop conditions 2013 mid July – 076

This episode has two sections in one. 1st was recorded before he house farm bill vote July 13,2013 2nd part was done after the House of Representatives voted. Show notes are mainly for the 2nd part I was wound up right before the vote you will here that in the…Read MoreFarm Bill Passes House – 075

Monsanto VS. “The Homemade Roundup Soybean Guy” Bowman 1. Really about patent law 2. Look at how and why we are here 3. Who really pays for this technology? 4. Organic and non-GMOs latched onto this 5. Not about organic or non-GMOs, it is about who pays for this technology…Read More074 – Monsanto Seed Patent Case

Tractors Green / Red or Blue, or Orange, or Yellow, or etc., etc., etc. This all relates to what farm equipment brand you are fond of. But first is there as much brand loyalty as there once was?  Has dealership consolidation changed your buying color?  What did your Dad or…Read More073 – Green or Red Tractor Which are you?

World economic events will dictate more as to when and how the current boom in agriculture ends. I know we the US uses most of our Agricultural Production within our own borders, but the World Wide demand for commodities has really given Agriculture a boast. So how does it all…Read More072 – When does the Agriculture Boom end?

Many farmers and ranchers are savers.  Now as a whole we do spend a lot of money.  The amount of capital needed to be in modern commercial production agriculture is huge, but we do try and save some as our business progresses so we can eventually become self-financed. I am…Read More071 – War on Savings, Cyprus “Haircut”