Putting some juice on fall strips. #striptill #sidedress

I recall this tractor being on the front of SF mag in the early 80’s. The idea was to mount the an 8 row planter or the Ridge Till cultivator to a 3 point hitch on the front end assembly. Easy view of implements in front instead behind. New home in Janesville, MN

Mighty 2-105 on duty again!

DOT handiwork with new L and D sprayers custom built right here in Hartland Minnesota!

May not be too fancy but it sure is nice to clean up the fence lines #farming

Waiting for the combine

Pretty Proud the day I got these. Midland Cooperatives Training program from the 70’s

#MotivationalMonday

A little tight but it sure is better than outside #Plant22

May give away my vintage, but this is still one of my favorite gifts my FIL left tucked into the barn boards where kept important stuff.

Seems like a miserable winter/spring in Waseca. Compared to 2009–2021 (1 Nov – 25 April), we're near-average for heating degree days (it hasn't been super cold). But we're close to the least sunshine, and we've had the most wind.

How cold has April been in southern MN? The 4 inch soil temperature on bare soil has only exceeded 50 degrees F once this month. Compared with 16 days in April of 2021.

For those interested in learning more, here is a great opportunity!

A young, west-central #Minnesota farmer sent me these photos of #Striptill through #CoverCrops. How'd he know this is what the Soil Lorax wanted for Christmas? He's been learning the benefits from his dad who's been doing this for years. #SoilHealth #MNag

ALUMNI ALERT! Congratulations to Brian Loeffler, as he will be inducted into the SDSU Hall of Fame on September 30, 2023! gojacks.com/news/2023/8/22…

Canadian potash imports into the U.S. would be subject to a reduced import tariff of 10%. agweb.com/news/crops/cro…

The president had overwhelming support in rural America. Farmers are among those feeling the pain of his early moves, and some push for adjustments. NPR covers rural America when others don’t, and my colleague Scott Neuman has a long and nuanced report that’s worth your time.

Trade war escalates as retaliatory tariffs hit struggling farm economy With tariffs now in effect on China, Canada and Mexico, farmers brace for retaliatory tariffs, market uncertainty and rising input costs. farmprogress.com/farm-policy/tr…

The Trump administration's use of #tariffs this time around could cost the #economy upwards of $100 billion and is likely to have a broader effect on #agriculture than the 2018 trade war, according to a new report from the University of Nebraska. dtnpf.com/agriculture/we….

And there it is. Elon Musk just said he wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, calling them “entitlements”: “That’s the big one to eliminate.”