Today is the first day of summer, which means lots of farm activity. Remember your children's smiling faces and commit yourself to keeping them safe while you go about your busy life. Read more!

2019 has been one of those years...one that has brought a cold and wet spring which left many farmers deliberating over the decision to plant – or not to plant. Read more about some factors to consider.

The ongoing labor shortage in agriculture is critical, and it crosses the nation from coast to coast impacting all parts of the industry. When there’s a shortage of labor, farmers can respond in several ways.... Read more!

Read Titan Machinery's customer spotlight on Premier Earthworks and infrastructure (PEI) out of Denver, CO and how Titan has kept up with their rapid business growth in serving their equipment needs.

Getting your season off to the right start with these tips for soybeans.

It's no secret that starting a farm without connections (usually a family member) is extremely difficult. Read more about a survey conducted regarding the matter.

Oftentimes the misfortune of one becomes the good fortune of another. This was the case for Northern Pacific Railroad, whose charter was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in July of 1864.

The end of summer here in the Midwest also signals the end of another season – the construction season. How many of you as you traveled through a construction zone caught yourself stereotyping those workers dressed in hard hats and bright orange vests?

Some people, even those close to the industry, can drive by farms and farmland and think to themselves or say to others that those farmers are rolling in the dough. I guess that’s human nature – to make a determination based only on what the eye sees.

I’m fairly certain that anyone who’s involved in agriculture has heard of the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl began as the rain ended in the summer of 1931 and continued for nearly a decade.

It’s been almost 4 years since Bob Hartzler and Mike Owen, weed specialists from Iowa State University, stated that Palmer amaranth was just moving into their state.

It’s no secret that these times are challenging. The farm sector’s debt-to-income ratio is substantially high, and 2017 represented the 5th year in a row that farm solvency ratios have weakened.

Billy Todd grew up running Case Construction equipment and racing dirt bikes in the Flagstaff, AZ area. “I might be a little bit of an adrenaline addict,” he confessed. “I liked the speed of racing and I enjoyed working on the side of some of the steep hills in the area where we were doing site-prep for housing developments with Case backhoes.”

When department stores emerged in place of the typical dry goods stores back in the late 1800s, many of them targeted a specific audience – farmers. I found a couple of powerhouses and would like to share some interesting historical information about them.

Congress first authorized federal crop insurance in the 1930s along with other strategies to help agriculture recover from the combined effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. It was in 1938 that the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) was created to carry out the program – a program that was started as an experiment covering only major crops in the main producing areas.

Management and employees at CEC Equipment Rentals take an “old-school” approach to the equipment rental business. CEC has three current locations covering the front-range of Colorado from Greeley to Denver.

Barbed wire is something I’ve been exposed to all my life. It is an integral part of the farm that conjures up memories of painful pokes and scratches as I tried to get in (or out) of a pasture or field. I never really considered it a part of anything but agriculture.

Stillwater Mine is the only known significant domestic source of platinum and palladium in the US. Located near Nye, Montana, the mine, along with its sister mine – East Boulder Mine, extract ore underground from a geological formation known as the J-M Reef. Millions of years ago molten rock filled up cracks and voids in existing rocks in an area that later became south-central Montana.

We’re all familiar with them…those pesky grasshoppers that never seem to know which direction they’re going to jump. Ugh! Definitely not one of my favorite insects. I started musing about the differences between grasshoppers and locusts and found some interesting information that I wanted to share with you.

Depression among farmers is not as uncommon as one might think. Michael Rosmann (researcher, University of Iowa adjunct professor and licensed psychologist) has provided numerous points regarding contributing factors for this illness and actions that could be taken to prevent it.