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
211 episodes since 2020
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.
September 18, 2024
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32:56
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...
September 13, 2024
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40:32
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,...
September 06, 2024
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19:47
E208: Harvest Weather Outlook 2024
The 2024 crop season got off to a wet start that changed up planting decisions and led to a significantly larger soybean planting than analysts were expecting. Since the Spring however, moisture and temperatures across the midwest have proven t...
August 28, 2024
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32:32
E207: DTN Digital Yield Tour 2024
DTN’s Digital Yield Tour is back again this year, and after years of building industry-leading tools, it’s powered exclusively by DTN proprietary models and data. Today, we’re joined by DTN Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger who t...
August 19, 2024
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31:01
E206: All-Time Record Soybean Crop in August WASDE
The August WASDE dropped Monday August 12th, bringing with it the surprising news of an expected record soybean crop on the horizon for US growers. This update was fueled by fresh yield forecast numbers, but even more so by USDAs contention tha...
August 13, 2024
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34:51
E205: Celebrating Voices for Agriculture
Advocating for agriculture wherever you are is something that farmers and those in agribusiness have been encouraged to do for years now. But being a voice for the industry, for a sector, even for just one farm can be a huge undertaking. The wo...
July 31, 2024
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35:00
E204: In the Jumpseat of View from the Cab
2024 marks the 20 year anniversary of the View from the Cab column at DTN, which follows two farmers from different parts of the country over the course of an annual growing season. Today, the tradition is carried on by DTN Crops T...
July 25, 2024
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25:18
E203: Biofuels Breakdown: Latest on RFS, Biodiesel and SAF
Delays on EPA announcement of Renewable Fuel Standard volumes have become old hat for ag industry watchers, but adding in the looming election and a recent Supreme Court decision, the hurdles for regulators to get 2026 volumes published are mou...
July 17, 2024
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30:57
E202: Surprises Abound in July WASDE
The July WASDE dropped Friday July 10th, bringing the ongoing crop season into sharper focus as USDA continued to refine its acreage and production estimates. The June 28th reports from the department left the corn market in bearish state, esti...
July 17, 2024
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40:08
E201: As the Election Looms, Where’s the Farm Bill?
What was supposed to be the 2023 Farm Bill has officially become the 2024 Farm Bill, and after the events of recent weeks, looks poised to become the 2025 Farm Bill. With the dog days of summer upon us, an already unproductive Congress turns th...
July 05, 2024
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26:21
E200: Who’s Eating Your Extra Soybean Yield?
DTN Crops Editor Jason Jenkins calls Soybean Cyst Nematode the Rodney Dangerfield of soybean pests — it doesn’t get nearly the respect it deserves. While estimates put annual damage from SCN in the $1.5 billion dollar range, it still rarely ear...
June 27, 2024
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31:04
E199: Everything We Know About the 2024 Cattle Markets
The DTN Ag Summit Series event "Navigating the Cattle Markets Ups and Downs" is a wrap, but for those who missed the industry leading data and analysis, we’ve got you covered. This week on the podcast we’re dropping in on the keynote presentati...
June 18, 2024
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40:30
E198: Slow Planting Dogs June WASDE
The June WASDE dropped Wednesday June 12th, leaving markets unmoved despite expectations that USDA might recognize the weather that’s kept US farmers out of the field in many regions. With plenty more season still ahead, and a few more opportun...
June 13, 2024
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36:04
E197: View From the Cab with Quint Pottinger
Since 2005, DTN Progressive Farmer has been selecting two farmers every year from across the country to participate in their annual View from the Cab Project. These farmers spend a full year getting to know DTN’s Pamela Smith as they work throu...
June 07, 2024
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35:52
E196: What to Know: Planning Your Dream Farm Shop
Farm shops are a critical piece of infrastructure on virtually all farm operations, and building one that fits the diverse and ever-changing needs of a given ag business, and the family that operates, can be a challenging endeavor. Many spend y...
May 31, 2024
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35:01
E195: The Promising 2024 Winter Wheat Tour
American wheat watchers descended on Kansas from May 14th to May 16th this year to participate in the Wheat Quality Council’s 2024 crop tour. The three day scouting trip took dozens on an arc across the state, from Manhattan, Colby, Wichita, an...
May 24, 2024
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21:21
E194: Taking Care of Rural America’s Mental Health
Rural and farm communities have made big strides in recent years in discussing mental health issues and solutions. And not a moment too soon — between challenging commodity markets, extreme weather conditions, a global pandemic, and intensifyin...
May 22, 2024
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28:47
E193: May WASDE Brings Optimism
The May WASDE dropped Friday May 10th, bringing with it a bullish mood for corn and wheat markets that was strong enough to even offset some pessimism in the soybean arena. With US planting conditions taking a turn for the wet and disagreeable ...
May 17, 2024
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38:59
E192: The Coin Flip of the April Cattle Markets
Reports earlier this month that dairy cattle have become infected with the strain of High-Path Avian Influenza, or HPAI, that has been affecting wild and domestic bird populations for more than two years rocked cattle markets and brought an air...
April 26, 2024
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25:08
E191: Farmer Entrepreneurs Find New Revenue Opportunities
Finding space on a farm for a family member to return can be a tough challenge. More and more, returnees are looking to build adjacent businesses to earn their keep, exploring everything from direct to market meats to u-pick operations. Growing...
April 17, 2024
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37:54
E190: Planting on the Horizon with the April WASDE
The April WASDE dropped Thursday April 11th, keeping the momentum of data releases going as USDA looks to the season ahead. Overall, many questions remain, though updates on planting intentions and the March 28th grain stocks report suggest tha...
April 16, 2024
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34:40
E189: New Ag Census Flashes Warning Light for US Ag
The Census of Agriculture is a long standing USDA tradition, stretching all the way back to the department’s founding. A few weeks ago, the department revealed its latest iteration, updating the 2017 numbers with the latest figures that capture...
April 02, 2024
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30:14
E188: Planting Weather Outlook 2024
March 19th, the official first day of spring of this 2024 leap year, was followed shortly by some of the wettest and most wintery weather many have seen since harvest. The waning El Nino pattern deserves some of the credit or the blame, as farm...
March 26, 2024
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34:51