As the Director of Crop Insurance at FBN, Eric Sorensen brings more than 20 years of exclusive, full-time crop insurance experience. He spent 5 years in marketing and training at a major crop insurance company and 16 years in sales leadership at a large agency. Eric pairs up the data analytics prowess of FBN with a veteran team of seasoned crop insurance professionals to help farmers become more profitable.
Calculate your farm's breakeven price and yield per acre with this step-by-step guide. Use breakeven analysis to make smarter planting, marketing, and financing decisions — and know exactly when you're selling at a profit.
Chemical residue left in a dirty sprayer can silently damage your next crop — and you won't know for a week or more. Here's a step-by-step cleaning and decontamination process that actually gets it done right.
FBN®, the leading agriculture marketplace and farmer-to-farmer network, announced the significant expansion of its marketplace offerings to better serve North American farmers across a spectrum of crops.
Learn to identify and treat cattle heat stress. Our 2026 guide covers the THI index, fly control, and hydration strategies to protect your herd's productivity.
Horn flies, stable flies, face flies, house flies — each one damages your herd differently and requires a different control method. Learn which flies are costing you the most and exactly how to stop them.
Most ag lenders recommend farmers hold 20–40% of gross revenue as working capital. Learn how to calculate your farm's needs — and what to do if you're falling short.
Learn how interest-only loans work for farmers, how they differ from traditional ag loans, and why flexible payment structures can improve cash flow on the farm.
When to apply, whether to go curative or preventive, and how to build a tank mix that handles both insects and disease in one pass — here's what growers need to know before they spray this season.
All 9 herbicide mode of action groups explained — what they are, how they kill weeds, which active ingredients belong to each group, and how to rotate them to prevent herbicide-resistant weed populations.
Explore spraying strategies to minimize spray drift, improve crop yield and keep your neighbors happy.