Ag commodity marketing is too complex, largely misunderstood, and the industry is full of products and services you probably don’t even need to profitably market your grain. That truth bomb — along with many more — is courtesy of Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain. Mr. Vaclavik, a former grain trader...

11/8/23 | With a storm system storming in, the crew at Griggs Farms has one day left to finish cotton harvest and 80 acres left. But in order to finish before the rains arrive, they'll need the most productive day they've ever had out of their new John Deere cotton picker...

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11/7/23 | With the threat of the cotton picker overheating, Matt is on pins and needles hoping the cotton harvesting equipment holds together the last couple of days. The Griggs Farms crew starts harvest on a field that was partially replanted and Matt sees a stark difference in yields.

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11/6/23 | With things running relatively smoothly with the baler picker, the Griggs Farms crew continues to put in some late nights to get cotton harvest wrapped up before the next storm system rolls in. Matt screws up and creates more work for himself.

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11/4/23 Another day, more multiple problems to deal with. Fortunately Matt catches a serious problem of an unwrapped module before he ejects it saving a disaster.

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11/2/23 | Everyone warned Matt that baler pickers threw codes all the time and could sometimes have problems with Matt. But after a few days of relatively smooth running with the picker, Matt was beginning to believe that it was all a myth. The whole crew at Griggs Farms starts struggling with ...

11/1/23 | With the rainout in the cotton field, Matt and Andy put the new Salford litter spreader through its first test run to start fertilizing for the 2024 wheat crop. when they finally get back to picking cotton, the crew starts running into all kinds of problems.

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All we want for Christmas is two front tires... 😛 Not sure how this happened, other than it can happen. Come see what broke this time. 😅 Wishing you and yours the Merriest Christmas! Happy Birthday Jesus! We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards

Interest rates appear to be stabilizing, wage and food inflation are still worsening, and predictions for America’s Ag sector are a bit dour for 2024. What’s going on at the macro-economic level and what does it mean for Agriculture? Compeer’s Chief Risk Officer, Bill Moore, joins Damian to discu...

Jim Malone talks about his journey in farming over 45,000 acres of peanuts and cotton. Mr. Malone has aspirations to farm the entire state of Georgia and so much more.

10/28/23 | With heavy rains predicted to come in, Matt, Kelly, and Andy race to get as much cotton picked before suffering yield and quality loss due to weather. Matt demonstrates how that day is a prime example of how much better this cotton harvesting system is when dealing with impending weat...

10/26/23 | Cotton harvest 2023 is rolling (no pun intended) along! However Kelly begins to experience problems moving the modules and has to add weight to the tractor and while Matt is pointing out the damage storms can cause to crops, a neighbor has a serious problem with something no farmer e...

It's that time of year to bring some Christmas cheer! After decorating the combine, and cotton picker in previous years, the Griggs decide to dress up the Bourgualt CD872 air seeder this year!!! The Griggs also announce a special promotion from Hisea boots!

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Come hang out with me in the kitchen and get some inspiration for Christmas baking. What's your favorite?!

Cost of production set a record in 2023 as the most expensive crops ever planted. How things turned out for the P&L statement depended on weather, yield, and how well operators navigated the commodity markets. Prices for land, labor, fuel, machinery, and crop inputs aren’t subsiding, nor is the i...

10/22/23 | After a couple of days of cutting beans, the next round of cotton is ready to pick!!!. However, after a wonderful first day of running the new John Deere baler picker, Matt, Kelly, and Andy have a hard time getting going when they are besieged by problems...

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10/19/23 | Cotton harvest begins for real today!!! Matt thinks some big yields are out there but was the decision to wait a good one? Even though the new picker has already formed its first module, will it continue to operate perfectly???

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10/21/23 | While the crew at Griggs Farms waits for their later planted cotton to open up, they get at it cutting some more doublecrop soybeans. But just as they are wrapping up for the day, it looks like Matt has yet another failure of some Case IH reman parts on the combine...

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10/18/23 | While waiting on cotton to open up, the crew at Griggs Farms continue with the soybean harvest. Matt talks about the drastic increase in doublecrop soybean yields he's seen in 17 years.

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10/16/23 | After 10 long months of waiting, it's finally time to take the new John Deere roller picker to the field of some awesome looking cotton! With Matt, Kelly, and Andy nervous about whether it will work or not, they give it it's first test run, But will it actually successfully roll and ...

10/13/23 | The crew at Griggs Farms race to get finished with the full season soybean crop. But first, Matt has to cut his yield competition plot and sees some eye popping numbers. Plus the numbers are in for the Utrisha test plots.

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In-between Christmas baking, stuck augers, building things and some delicious tenderloin! As always, we appreciate you being here. 🙂 Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards

Welcome back! Motors aren’t our friends these days. 🙃 Working our way through auger issues, eating our weight in good stuff and wading our way through the wake of 3+ inches of rain. We’re glad you’re with us! Thank you for being here and we hope you’ll come back. And I sincerely hope we all find ...

Canada is the world’s number one exporter of oats — a commodity enjoying an upswing in demand thanks to snack bars and oat milk. Did you know almost every bushel of oats goes straight to human consumption? With horse racing’s decline in popularity, human oat consumption is the key to future growt...