Hunter Stone, Senior Staff Agronomist
Hunter is a senior staff agronomist at FBN focusing on data and technology. He grew up in northwest Alabama surrounded by upland cotton and terra rosa soils. Hunter attended Auburn University earning a bachelor's degree in agronomy and soils and a master's degree in soil science. He has a blended applied and data science background with expertise in agricultural systems modeling, commodity markets, GIS and remote sensing, machine learning and statistics, precision agronomy, and software development. Hunter is a certified crop adviser with wide-ranging experience in field and specialty crop agronomy practice.
Freeze Warnings Loom Over Mother’s Day Weekend
Mother's Day weekend in the U.S. is shaping up to be historically cold for parts of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley, with freeze warnings in effect from Minneapolis all the way to Nashville. A quick look at the 5-day forecast shows that farmers in the Upper Midwest and Northeast may experi
Is Planter Down-Force Worth It?
Hydraulic planter down-force has been adopted widely in the past few years, and there is a good reason! The load sensor in these units adjusts downward pressure to keep the row unit at a level depth so your seeding depth is always consistent no matter what the soil conditions are like. That allows