Friday Feature:  Farm Bureau’s 2023 Farm Dog of the Year

Friday Feature: Farm Bureau’s 2023 Farm Dog of the Year

American Farm Bureau held their national conference recently in Puerto Rico.  One of the recognitions shared at the event was the 2023 Farm Dog of the year.  This year a Kansas farm dog named Tough was selected for this honor.  Watch the video to hear Tough’s...
2022 Weather Summary and 1st Quarter Outlook

2022 Weather Summary and 1st Quarter Outlook

Rainfall 2022 was a unique weather year in the Panhandle.  After several wetter than normal years, the end of 2022 got significantly drier than it has been in recent years.  The map above shows the comparison of actual rainfall estimates with historic average in...
Friday Feature: Barn2Door Online Farm Direct Sales

Friday Feature: Barn2Door Online Farm Direct Sales

One thing that has changed dramatically in our country since 2020 is online sales of consumer products.  This includes direct sales from farms of all types.  The challenge is that much of the technology needed to make online sales work smoothly requires a significant...
Friday Feature:  Louisiana Crawfish Farming

Friday Feature: Louisiana Crawfish Farming

In this week’s featured video, Daniel Geneen documents a working tour of a Louisiana Crawfish and Rice Farming operation for the Eater YouTube Channel.  This gives the whole concept of double cropping a whole new meaning. Rice farmers like Mike Frugé of Cajun...
2022 Average Farmland Rent and Farm-Worker Wages

2022 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 close out 2022, many farmers and landowners have begun discussions about renewing leases and...