As with any crop insurance year, 2021 enters with a few changes to current programs and policies PLUS a couple new coverage options. When making decisions on your crop insurance, it is always best to be fully informed. With that in mind, below is a recap of the changes for the 2021 Crop Year. Polic
Over the past few years, one of the biggest financial issues farmers have had to contend with is affordable healthcare. Rachael Vonderhaar can tell you from personal experience. Rachael is part of a multi-generational farming operation in Southwest Ohio, an hour north of Cincinnati and just off the
A fifth-generation farmer, J.P. Rhea is a large-scale organic producer just north of Omaha, Neb. His operation farms 10,000 acres of predominantly organic alfalfa, corn, beans and small grains. They also have a cattle feedlot and an ingredient manufacturing facility. Last winter, he signed his opera
The future of farming is not going to revolve around higher yields. There is a misconception out there that farmers are responsible for feeding the world. Maybe it comes from the broken-record references to the “doubling of food production by 2050 to feed 9 billion people”, or the changing consumer
Ringger Farms, headed by Jamin Ringger, is a 1,100 acre corn, soybean, and hog operation in central Illinois. “I operate a relatively small operation, so every acre counts, especially when margins are tight. You get one chance to do it right, and it’s challenging to make sure that the right seed is
Adam Bjerkevdt learned his most important lesson about life and farming while picking rocks. Adam’s met his future wife, the daughter of a Minnesota farmer, at an FFA convention while they were both in high school. Adam grew up on a dairy, and after meeting his wife, spent summers helping out on his
FBN℠ Maps automatically converts all of your precision data into a fast, seamless, and printable mapping system. But FBN Maps goes way beyond conventional precision mapping by analyzing the deeper data in your precision files. So you not only can see your harvest, planting, seed, soil and elevation
There are a lot of factors to consider when selecting seeds. We surveyed hundreds of farmers who downloaded the Seed Selection Playbook and found that 30% of farmers believe that price or return on investment are the most important factors when deciding which seeds to buy and plant. The single top c
Farmer Dan Koster grows 3,200 acres of corn in Sterling, IL, and has had combine monitors for 15 years. “We look at the university tests first, but that’s all we have as far as trials. They’re supposed to be unbiased, but we know that this isn’t always true.” Dan had data that was going unused and t
Ever wonder what it would be like to intern at FBN SM? We asked our most recent class of interns who they found the experience. Here's what they said. First, Brandon Caudell, a recent intern on the FBN Engineering team in San Carlos. He is currently a senior at Kansas University. Mutian Niu was an s