Prefer listening? Play the audio version of this edition here: Listen on Spotify Our world is changing fast, and the farm isn’t sheltered from it. Global politics, markets, input and commodity prices, technologies, practice standards, weather—together, these pressures become a huge weight bearing down on the
Read MorePrefer listening? Play the audio version of this edition here: Erika was stuck in more ways than one. Axle-deep in the rented field 5 miles from the home farm. The third time this spring. Cultivating. Defeated, Erika slumped back in the operator chair. Soon she’d make another resigned call to Dad to come pull her out. Five hours later, she’d be...
Read MoreDemonstration farms having been popping up everywhere lately. They're trendy. A corp wants farmers to adopt a new practice. An agribusiness wants more uptake of a new piece of tech. So they bring it to a working farm and showcase it at field scale. "It's not just a research plot," they say. "It's working in the field, on a real
Read MoreThis story, written by Owen Roberts, was originally published in the Woolwich Observer on April 23, 2026. For farmers, this could be one of the toughest planting seasons on record… and not because of the weather. It’s usually rain, drought, cold or snow that stymies farmers at this time of year. But 2026 is already distinguished by the way...
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