Planting progress state by state analysis after today's planting reports, prevent plant payments, and looking at percent sold as a producer. It's time for producers to really start taking care of some business, and Chris and Duane are here for you!

Brad Downing from Cross Creek Ag in Greentown, Indiana discusses optimism in land improvements, 6 day, week, month impacts of our decisions, and sticking with your plant plan as long as you possibly can with full season hybrids. You can contact Brad at 765-432-0475, [email protected], and on Twitter and Facebook!

Headed through Memorial Day weekend, it looks like potentially big changes coming this week with the markets. Listen as Chris Barron and Duane Lowry discuss the possibility of $5 corn, covering shorts while building long, and what to think about with making sales at this time.

Special Guest Alyssa Abbott, a Strategic Account Manager with Pioneer and farmer's wife discusses the conditions in her territory, as well as thoughts on agronomic decision making as the rain continues to fall. "Everybody has to run the numbers based on crop insurance and based on what they already have down... there's so many factors that play into that decision." Shoot us an email at [email protected] if you would like to know more on our Prevent Plant and Corn/Soybean decision making tool!

Zane Erickson in Eastern North Dakota talks about their planting progress. We talk about what prevent planting means to them, and the lessons he has learned with those decisions.

Here's our take on the Farm Aid Package and how it affects you.