Sally is a city kid with an ag degree. She has more than 13 years of experience sharing stories about why farming family businesses and rural communities matter. Sally has worked with some of the most recognizable brand names in agriculture, as well as a number of long-standing organizations advocating for farmers, ranchers and rural America. At FBN, Sally’s primarily role is developing compelling content and storytelling that helps farmers to become more independent and profitable, and the agriculture industry to become fairer and more transparent—that means putting Farmers First® every day. Sally is an eighth-generation Georgian; she was born and raised in Atlanta, and earned a bachelor's degree in agricultural communications from Auburn University in 2006. She was also an NCAA student athlete on the Auburn Equestrian Team. She now resides in eastern Kansas, but considers herself to be only a novice Midwesterner.
If planting is the most important trip you make across the field, then your planter may arguably be your most important piece of equipment. Here are five things you should be doing to ready the planter as field work begins.
All plants require nitrogen to grow—what does your corn crop require right now?
In this post, we're summarizing recent trends that we've observed in seed pricing.
We believe that farmers deserve more transparency around data, pricing & genetic/parental lineage of seed, so you can better manage your farm's risk.
Randy Smith works with his two brothers on an operation that’s been in the family for 150 years. Together, they manage 630 acres of row crops, while running a 250-head dairy operation, as well as finishing steers and handling 2,500 custom finish hogs. We
Eric Wappel is a third generation farmer in North Judson, Indiana. He, his brother and his father all handle the operation now, focusing mostly on corn, soybeans and mint. He is growing several conventional corn hybrids from the F2F Genetics Network for 2
Matthew Swenson farms among the rolling hills of Clermont, Iowa. His farm is in a rotation of one-third beans and one-third corn, and this was his first year planting conventional corn from F2F Genetics Network. We talked to him about making this switch t
David Halsey is a farmer from Adrian, Michigan. His 700-acre farm includes 250 acres of hay, 350 acres of row crop and a cow-calf operation that raises feeder calves for the show industry. This year, Halsey decided to give conventional corn a shot on his
Buying the right seed is complicated. Every year, you have to choose from hundreds of seed hybrids and varieties. With so many seeds to choose from, how do you know if you’re getting the right seed.. with the right yield potential... for the right price?
If you’re new to organic production, or are considering it. You may be wondering whether weed control is even possible.