Field Posts
Learn about and discuss the cutting edge of the ag industry and explore new perspectives on farming’s old adages. Field Posts is a weekly podcast by DTN/The Progressive Farmer that dives deeper into the most important trends in technology, policy, management, and business to explore the ag industry’s cutting edge.
Episodes
232 episodes
E232: Inside the National Farm Machinery Show
The National Farm Machinery Show attracts more than half a million farmers, ranchers, and ag industry professionals every year to a massive event in Louisville where everything from tractors to precision equipment to drills are on display. But ...
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Episode 232
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E231: Latin America in the Spotlight in February WASDE
The February WASDE dropped Tuesday, February 11th, and with few updates expected for U.S. balance sheets, the market’s attention was locked on the Southern Hemisphere, where harvest for the major grains is in view. This week, we’re joi...
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Episode 231
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E230: How Pandemic Connections between Farmers and Consumers Persist
COVID’s impact on American agriculture were legion, but one of the positive changes for the industry is the way it encouraged consumers —who were experiencing supply chain disruptions in empty shelves at the grocery store — to reconnect to wher...
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Episode 230
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E229: AgTech Makes Waves at Annual Electronics Show
CES is the world’s largest showcase of technology and electronics, held every year in sunny Las Vegas. In the last decade or so, ag tech companies, and especially ag equipment companies, have been attending this event to show off their latest h...
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Episode 229
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E228: Insights on the New Secretary of Agriculture
It has been a hectic eight weeks in Washington since the re-election of Donald Trump. There has been a non-stop torrent of news that will, and is already, affecting American agriculture, from disaster aid to Farm Bill updates to the nomination ...
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Episode 228
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E227: Ringing in the New Year with a Bullish January WASDE
The January WASDE dropped Friday January 10th, and this blockbuster report left producers, traders, and analysts alike scrambling to respond to major drops in production estimates for corn and soybeans. This news came alongside a quarterly stoc...
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Episode 227
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E226: 2025 Fertilizer Forecast
A new year is upon us and U.S. farmers are taking to the office, planning for the 2025 season and keeping an eye on critical inputs like fertilizer as they do. It’s been a tumultuous few years for crop nutrient prices, and though there remain a...
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Episode 226
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E225: 2025's Best Young Farmers and Ranchers, Part 2
DTN’s 2024 Virtual Ag Summit is a wrap, and this year’s event included a gripping conversation between DTN Progressive Farmer’s Senior Editor Dan Miller and a couple of the honorees in the 2025 class of America’s Best Young Farmers and Ranchers...
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Episode 225
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E224: 2025's Best Young Farmers and Ranchers, Part 1
DTN’s 2024 Virtual Ag Summit wrapped up in December, with farmers from across the country convening to discuss what to expect, and how to prepare, for a New Year, New Administration, and New Markets. The event also gave DTN Progres...
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Episode 224
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E223: Cattle Market Forecast 2025
DTN’s 2024 Virtual Ag Summit is officially a wrap, and as is the case every year, a highlight of the event was the trio of forecasts on weather, grain markets, and livestock markets from DTN Progressive Farmer’s industry-leading analysts. ...
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Episode 223
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E222: Ag Weather 2025 Forecast
DTN’s 2024 Virtual Ag Summit has just wrapped up, with farmers from across the country convening virtually to discuss the year that was, the year ahead, and the key issues affecting their operations. Forecasts for weather and market in the year...
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E221: December WASDE Rocks Expectations
The December WASDE dropped Wednesday December 11th, and this usually quiet report brought with it unexpectedly bullish news for corn markets. As markets and the USDA turn their attention towards the crop in the Southern hemisphere and demand fr...
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E220: Farmland Market 2025: A Look Ahead
In the last decade, farmland prices have shifted under the pressure of farm policy, a global pandemic, a changing interest rate regime, and a broader market anxious for safe investments. The picture of US farmland today is mixed, with some reco...
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E219: Post-Election Outlook for Agriculture
With the 2024 election firmly in the rearview mirror, President Elect Donald Trump has been dominating headlines with cabinet picks and more recent announcements about proposed tariffs. Farmers and ag industry stakeholders are now ...
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E218: November WASDE Knocks Down Record Crop
The November WASDE dropped Friday November 8th, including updates to both corn and soybean production for 2024, bringing both crops down from their predicted record levels. Though many expected to see this update from USDA now that...
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E216: Get Ready for November 5th Cattle EID Tag Rules
USDA will begin requiring electronic ID tags for some types of cattle that are moved across state lines after November 5th, including dairy animals and intact beef animals and bison. The department’s rules carve out a few exceptions, so produce...
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E215: Quiet October WASDE in a Loud News Cycle
The October WASDE dropped Friday October 11th, and though it largely held pat on USDA updates from both the September report and from the end of month stock updates, there was still news to be made as South America’s crop comes into clearer foc...
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E214: Cattle Markets Rebound after August Slump
In the aftermath of an August crash in the cattle markets, producers across the country are kicking themselves over the missed opportunity to lock in sales at record prices. But since the dog days of summer, markets are looking up, and prices h...
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E213: Ag Drones, From Interesting to Essential
The evolution of the drone has been a relatively quick one, and though this technology probably has a long way to go to reach its full potential, innovative growers are already putting these tools to work, especially using drone sprayers in tri...
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E212: A Lifetime of Lessons on Ag Markets with Todd Hultman
DTN’s Lead Markets Analyst Todd Hultman is coming to the end of a long career in the agricultural markets. His voice will be dearly missed here on the podcast, around the newsroom, and across the country by the farmers and ag industry leaders w...
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E211: What to Know About Ag Policy for the 2024 Election
The 2024 election cycle is in the home stretch, and though a lot of attention is being taken up by the Presidential race — when it comes to agricultural policy, the results of senate and house races are likely to be even more impactful.
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E210: First Look in the Field with September WASDE
The September WASDE dropped Thursday September 12th, and though it didn’t too much to stir markets, it provided another data point as potentially record crops are in the final stretch before harvest. USDA’s latest report was informed by in-fiel...
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E209: Seed Brands Retired Due to Industry Consolidation
The trend towards fewer, bigger seed companies is nothing new in US agriculture, and is not even unique to the seed industry. But as a handful of major players have bought up more and more independent seed companies, especially since the 1990s,...
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