Farmgate Blog Archives
2006
March
- US Farm Subsidies?! What About Those Other Nations? What Are They Paying Out?
- What Will Be Going Through the Mind of the Urban Congressman During Farm Bill Debate?
- If Your Fields Are Dry, You Are Not Alone
- Hey! Another Crystal Ball! Let’s See What This One Predicts.
- Extension Update
- The Next 10 Years Give You Plenty of Reasons to Stay in Farming
- How Much Confidence Do You Give to USDA Crop Production Reports?
February
- Nitrogen Nightsweats? Here Are More Remedies.
- Can You Pass the Bt Refuge Test? Are You Sure?
- Extension Update
- Will Meat Prices Translate to Producer Profits?
- Biosecurity: Managing Risk on a Higher Level
- Surveying Our Coffeeshop Buddies About the Markets
- And You Thought Crystal Balls Were Cloudy!
- Extension Update
- Put Your Feedlot Beside the Local Ethanol Plant
- Wasn’t One of Your 2006 New Year Resolutions…uh…Something About Wasting Less Money?
- Will You Be Farming in 10 Years? Here Is What The Landscape Will Be!
- Roundup Ready Corn Versus Roundup Ready Weeds
- Extension Update
- The Soybean Tango, Starring the Peso, the Real, and the Dollar.
- Think You’re Good at Growing Corn? Let’s See!
- Paring Knives & Meat Axes: Trimming USDA’s Budget
- The Day After Yesterday: Weeds, Disease, & Insects
- Extension Update
- Will Cowboys Have Spending Money When They Hit Town Saturday Night?
- Cowboys Need to Keep Courting the US Consumer
- Records Are Meant to Be Broken. And They Have Been!
January
- Reconciling Macro and Micro Economics. UGH!
- No Gripes, If You Have a Good Grip on GRIP
- Extension Update
- Strangers Want to Give You Money, Legitimately
- Is Stored Grain Still Earning Its Keep?
- Is a Production Contract Part of Your Operation?
- Will the Farm Bill Fund Conservation Over Commodity Programs?
- Extension Update
- Soybean Rust? Not Already!
- Refine Your Marketing Plan: Part 2 (Soybeans)
- Refine Your Marketing Plan: Part 1 (Corn)
- We Need to Find a Home for a Lot of Soybeans
- Extension Update
- What is Your Reaction to a Proposed Livestock Facility Nearby?
- Keeping the Grill and Market Hot for Pork
- Preparing for the 2006 Rootworm Battle
- Are You Better Off or Worse Off (Financially) Than A Year Ago?
- Extension Update
- Visiting Your Lender Soon?
- USDA’s Yardstick Will Measure Your 2005 Growth
- A 2006 “To Do” List for the Shop Door
2005
December
- Extension Update
- What Consumer Survey Is Dictating Your Seed Choice?
- Shhhh! How Much Money Did You Make This Year?
- Take Control of Your Fuel Costs
- Behind the Jan. 12th Mystique
- Extension Update
- Will It Ever Rain, Dear? Get it? (Reindeer)
- Help Your Tax Preparer Help Yourself
- Resolving the Beef with Japan
- Santa Claus and the IRS
- Extension Update
- Am I Affected by World Trade Negotiations?
- Making a List and Checking it Twice
- Keep Your Money Comfortable
- Just How Bad is SCN Picking Your Pocket?
- Extension Update
- Is Animal ID the Choice Cut for You?
- 2006 Cropping Decision: Follow the Money
- Settling the Dust on Budget Reconciliation
- And What Are You Doing About Tax Planning?
- Extension Update
November
- How Will the Future of Ethanol Affect You?
- USDA’s Commodity Marketing Plan: Is It a Model for You?
- Extension Update
- Think It’ll Rain Next Year?
- Are You Rolling the Dice or Conducting Due Diligence?
- Are You Ready to Give Away Your Farm?
- Extension Update
- A Visit to the “Green Acres” Barbershop
- Living High on the Hog
- A soybean marketing plan
- Chainsaw or scalpel?
- Extension Update
- Good? Bad? Middle of the Road?
- Another helping please
- Where is farm policy headed?
- Making Nitrogen Pay for Itself
- Extension Update
- What is your soybean marketing plan?
- Post-Halloween Devils May Be Still Lurking
- Money: making some and spending more.
- What is your marketing plan for corn?