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- Great farm leadership requires curiosityby Arlen Motz on April 18, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Understanding how men and women process, respond and communicate is one of the most overlooked leadership skills. And it changes everything.
- Who’s to blame?by Delaney Seiferling on April 18, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Experts say blame culture has deep roots in agriculture, where tradition, pressure and older ideas about work have long shaped how farms operate.
- Red lentils priced higher than large greensby Sean Pratt on April 17, 2026 at 8:28 pm
Red lentil prices have eclipsed large green lentil prices for the first time since 2014.
- Phosphate prices not soaring as much as ureaby Sean Pratt on April 17, 2026 at 5:10 pm
Phosphate fertilizer prices have not climbed nearly as much as urea because farmers are cutting back and also the peak application season is a ways off in Brazil and India.
- Here’s a dairy lactation feed budget to consider for 2026by Peter Vitti on April 16, 2026 at 10:32 pm
By using current prices for forages and other feeds and implementing some cost-cutting measures, I can draw a picture as to what it actually costs to feed a lactating dairy cow.