Grace Link from Bosben Road Beef Company near Deerfield Wisconsin was a presenter at the Wisconsin Beef Council’s Direct Marketing Workshop.  Direct marketing is a business model that has helped many farms grow their own customer base and become more profitable, but like all businesses, there is a right and wrong way to get started…… Continue Reading

The leader of a crop inputs business says farmers are planning to plant more corn this spring.  Leah Anderson is Senior Vice President of Land O Lakes, and President of their WinField United crops division.  She tells Brownfield the economic fundamentals just push growers in that direction, but the timing of those decisions is different…… Continue Reading

Western Kentucky farmer Davie Stephens says they’re just starting to get back into the field after receiving nearly 15 inches of rain recently. “But not with any ag equipment,” he says.  “But with backhoes and dozers.  We’ve had levees breech and we’re having to do a lot of repair to the land and pushing sand…… Continue Reading

A commodities economist says farmers should be proactive marketing new crop because there’s still a downside risk ahead for prices. Arlan Suderman is with StoneX Group. “We’re not out of the woods by any means. We need to defend the equity built in our farms from recent years and protect downside risk by using some…… Continue Reading