How Old is Your Planter?

Take part in the Farm Journal Pulse and cast your vote.

How old is the planter on your farm?

Sign up to be part of the Farm Journal Pulse, a text message poll of farmers and ranchers, and cast your vote. Participating is as easy as answering two quick poll questions per month via text message from your mobile phone.

By partnering with Commodity Update, the leading provider of agricultural information to mobile phones, Farm Journal sends you the question via a text message on the first and third Wednesday of each month.

This Wednesday’s question will be: How old is your primary planter?

  • Brand New
  • 2-5 yrs
  • 6-10 yrs
  • 11 or more yrs



On Thursday, you’ll receive a tabulation of responses and a link to an interactive U.S. map, where you can view national results. Results are anonymous and you quickly see the overall sentiment and how your opinion fits in. (Even if you don’t sign up to participate, you can view what others replied by visiting www.FarmJournalPulse.com on Thursday.)

See the results from previous Farm Journal Pulses:
How much of your 2012 crop inputs are locked in?

Based on USDA’s reports will you change planting intentions?

What’s your expectation for Ag economy in 2012 vs ’11?

Join the Farm Journal Pulse Now!

If you would like to participate in the reader panel, you can sign up at www.FarmJournalPulse.com or by texting the word “Pulse” to 46786.

There’s no charge, but as always, any text message fees in your phone plan apply. If you ever decide to stop being a Farm Journal Pulse panel member, just let us know and we’ll remove you from the group. Finally, if you have suggestions for questions you would like us to ask the national panel, e-mail FJPulse@farmjournal.com.


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