GrainCoat is a grain marketing tool designed for tracking inventory, and aimed at simple data entry and crop projection for multiple years: inventory, offers, contracts and management in one app.

Jason Mauck is a man obsessed with farming efficiency: A true maverick, apostle of relay cropping and farmer fueled by love of family, Mauck is bringing change to agriculture, one row at a time.

Randy Dowdy’s soil death is no mystery, insists the Georgia producer, and now a federal inspection report appears to back his claims of soil damage on record-breaking farmland due to pipeline construction.

Jimmy Frederick attributes 163.9 bu. soybeans to seed population, spacing and biologicals. Essentially, he says the booming yields were established when the planter rolled.

Mike McGregor commands a chicken litter operation with military precision. “Growers that have used litter for years don’t continue because it doesn’t pay; they’re still putting it on because it brings results,” he says.

Pipelines and agriculture are a contentious pair, with a growing number of farmers raising concerns over soil health, drainage issues, and responses from oil and gas companies.

Randy Dowdy says a gas line company is responsible for major topsoil losses on his record-breaking farmland.

Crops don’t wait for irrigation, and now means now when it’s time to water. Solid end-of-season irrigation maintenance goes a long way in preventing problems the following crop year during crunch-time. Before the grip of winter sets in, checks and repairs are vital.

Slugs are an accepted part of the bill for many agriculture operations, but as numbers rise, particularly in the Midwest, producers are reckoning with a new level of damage. A mild slug presence, sheltered by increasing no till acreage, can usher in a wave of replants, major yield loss and expensive bait control.

Bill Bader is the bell cow of dicamba drift litigation, with farmers in at least 10 states right behind him. How the cases will play out remains a matter of conjecture, but one fact is clear: Dicamba-related litigation has only just begun.