2023 Weather Summary and 1st Quarter 2024 Outlook

2023 Weather Summary and 1st Quarter 2024 Outlook

Rainfall That calendar has turned from 2023 to 2024, so it is time to summarize the weather year.  Early in 2023, there was optimism for a good growing season, but for much of the Panhandle it was not a good year because of the excessive heat and lower than average...
Friday Feature:  John Deere Loader Dynamic Weighing System

Friday Feature: John Deere Loader Dynamic Weighing System

This week’s featured video was published by John Deere to highlight new innovation for tractors with loader attachments.  They have developed the technology to weigh round bales of hay, feed, or other products as you load the hay spear or bucket.  According to...
2023 Average Farmland Rent and Farm-Worker Wages

2023 Average Farmland Rent and Farm-Worker Wages

  Discussions about money can be awkward in almost every type of relationship, but even more so between landowners and farmers, or employers and employees.  As we begin 2024, many farmers and landowners have begun discussions about renewing leases and farmland...
Friday Feature:  John Deere Farm Equipment Videos for Kids

Friday Feature: John Deere Farm Equipment Videos for Kids

This week’s featured video comes from John Deere’s YouTube channel made especially for kids, called John Deere Kids.  The tractor video I selected to highlight was one of the shorter ones, but the videos on this channel could be fun ways to share farming...