by Jan Johnson | May 31, 2022 | Farmer Insights
Shakespeare wrote, “To be, or not to be: that is the question.” With farmers, it’s “To talk, or not to talk: that is the question.” Or more accurately: “There’s a time to talk and a time to act.”...
by Jan Johnson | Mar 24, 2022 | Farmer Insights
Milton Friedman, in his book Free to Choose, detailed the four ways you spend money: You spend your own money on yourself.You spend your own money on someone else.You spend someone else’s money on yourself.You spend someone else’s money on someone else....
by Jan Johnson | Feb 2, 2022 | Farmer Insights
Last month, I attended the PrecisionAg VISION Conference in Glendale, Arizona. The four pillars of The VISION Conference are regenerative agriculture, automation, conductivity, and transparency. There was a lot of conversation around carbon credits and the role ag...
by Jan Johnson | Jul 22, 2021 | Farmer Insights
California farmers are facing an untenable choice: which crop do they let go so that they have enough water for the other crops to survive? In “No Water = No Crops,” a series of videos by Western Growers, three California farmers show the impact the...
by Jan Johnson | May 27, 2021 | Farmer Insights
Farmers Put the Pedal to the Metal After some horrendous spring seasons, this year hopefully promises to be a turnaround for American farmers. Farmers Put the Pedal to the Metal with Spring Planting Crop planting progress shows that corn and soybean planting rates are...
by Jan Johnson | Apr 20, 2021 | Farmer Insights
Spring is for farmers! One thing I’ve noticed about farmers over the years is that there’s not too much judgement about things. They take life as it comes, knowing that the life, lifestyle, and finances of a farmer aren’t easy but that it’s a choice they’ve made. They...