Yield Is Not Profit
Here is a sentence you will not hear at the coffee shop. Yield is not profit. Yield is easy to...
Category: Seasonal Cycle
Winter Is a Decision Season
Nothing grows in winter. A lot gets decided. Seed orders. Input prices. Repairs. The lender conversation. By the time spring...
The Last Walk Before Winter
Harvest is mostly done. The combine is parked. It is tempting to call the season finished. Take one more walk...
Notes From the Cab: What This Harvest Showed
Every harvest teaches the same lesson in a new way. This one was no different. The fields that got attention...
Check the Bin Before the Bin Checks You
Harvest is the loud part. Storage is the quiet part. Quiet is where grain loses money. Corn and soybeans went...
Soil Tests: The Cheapest Information on the Farm
The combine is parked. The ground is still workable. There is a window right now, between harvest and freeze-up, when...
Don’t Let Harvest Live in a Shoebox
Harvest ends. The paperwork begins. And if you are like most operations, it lands in a shoebox. Settlement sheets from...
Who’s in Your Harvest Crew?
Harvest doesn’t get finished by one person. Ask any Upper Midwest operation who’s running in October and you’ll hear the...
After the Last Pass: A Harvest Debrief Worth Doing Before Winter
The last truck is unloaded, the combine is parked, and October’s sprint is officially over. Before the shop gets quiet...
Saturday in the Field: Harvest Weekends and the People Who Make Them Happen
In the Upper Midwest, harvest doesn’t care what day it is. When the beans are ready and the weather gives...