Drone technology is evolving at a rapid pace. Will we see a future where unmanned aerial vehicles replace the traditional crop duster? Likely not for a number of practical reasons as well as the technology advancements being made in manned agricultural aviation. A more likely scenario is where dr...

Meet Duke! Help us welcome Our Mountain Cur Puppy to the Farm and Family, come along with us to our second horse show and stick around for the rest of 1st cut hay and hopefully beans going in the ground very soon. We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards

Glenn Miller stays busy on his operation, raising cattle, corn, dry edible beans, alfalfa, and winter wheat.

Miller, who farms in Sioux County in Nebraska, shares how he balances his time among those commodities.

He said he'll plant pinto beans in a few weeks and, thanks to recent rains, be ab...

Between a 70 year old hay elevator on the skids, roping (siblings), rain (with a side of hail) and a fox on the run, this one is a stem winder. 😛 We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards

Mr. Keefe keeps our pivots running smoothly all year and so much more. Keefe is a jack of all trades and wealth of knowledge.

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4/4/23 | With Matt and Andy doing some spring plowing, Matt hooks the old John Deere 4440 up to the do-all and gives her a good workout. But will the recent repairs hold up and how does it compare to the more modern New Holland tractors the Griggs run???

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4/3/23 | Matt and Andy get started moving some dirt to fix damage in the fields and to culverts from the massive winter rains. Unfortunately Matt finds a mudhole with no bottom.

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First cut has come and gone! Well, most of it (stay tuned...). Watch to see how the baler acted (up) and then come stack some hay with us. Wish you were here! 😆 Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards

“Our industry is going to require 60,000 4-year college graduates and we’re around 38,000 students graduating from the Ag curriculum currently.” So says Dr. Tom Paulson, department head at Morningside U’s Applied Agricultural and Food Studies. Dr. Paulson is joined by Tom Moss and Liz Zoebel, two...

It's finally here! Rita is primed and ready to rake and we are ready to roll. We weren't sure how weather would cooperate, watch to see how he did cutting and tedding and come back to see if we got it up! We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards

The limited rain has allowed Pender-area farmer Jeff Baker to complete soybean planting already, and he has a healthy chunk of corn planting done as well.

Baker has a very curious mind when it comes to agronomy, so he conducts his own trials. His research trials range from genetics, fertilizer...

3/26/23 | West Tennessee finally gets a few dry days strung together and Matt doesn't waste any time getting back in the field to spray some burndown. But before he can finish, a major severe storm system arrives and sends Matt and his family running for cover.

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Getting to the good stuff, y'all! We rounded up a couple of bulls and heifers with our horses for the first time and all went (pretty) well. Rocket faired the worse - watch to see. 🫢 We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards

Turning things loose! From thinking about kids growing up, to letting them make their own big purchases to getting our horses going to another level. We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards

It was time (ok, past time) to replace the belts completely on our baler. And since the hay is ready and waiting we had to get on it. Watch to see how it went. As always, thank you for being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards

After getting the truck's oil changed, we hit the road again to celebrate a special person's 99th birthday and then made a stop at Strawberry City for a primer on growing these sweet treats and also got to visit greenhouses and Wesley got to hang out in a HUGE John Deere R8. Good times all around...

The last few days have been good for getting some things done that have been needing work. Lawrence borrowed a bull dozer, broke it, fixed it, and then Austin and I did our best to keep from being dozed by a group of cows and calves ready to see greener pasture. 🙃 Always a barrel of fun here! We ...

Our first ranch horse show is in the books! Watch to see how we did and for some explanation about what we were doing. Special thanks to our trainer Jim Isley for helping us get so far in a short amount of time. We are excited for the future! Thanks for watching! Until next time, Farm Hard Live W...

Join the Rural Radio Network for this progress update on the 2023 planting season!

In this segment, a farmer from southeast Nebraska shares that he is halfway done with planting his corn and soybean crops.

Darren Meinke, a farmer east of Crete, Nebraska, talks about his progress and the challe...

Have you noticed steaks and chicken breasts are considerably larger than they were just a couple decades ago? Switching to pork, have you noticed your chops are less flavorful (maybe that explains the popularity of bacon)? Todd Thurman and Nevil Speer join Damian to discuss the meat production mo...

3/22/23 | To diagnose his John Deere 4440 transmission issues, Matt has to call in some experts on 40 series tractors, Dylan and Robert Joyce of Joyce Brothers Farms. Andy brings the old tractor's light package into the 21st century.

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3/21/23 | With rain continuing to keep Matt and Andy out of the field, they get started working on the John Deere 4440 trying to find the source of a problem that's been ongoing for a couple of years. However, Matt quickly finds out that his fear of what's broken is actually worse than he imagin...

Join us for the first 2023 episode of Fridays in the Field and meet Randy Smith, a farmer from Shelby, Nebraska, who has begun using precision technology on his fields.

Randy's dad, Ron, even jokes about his old-school farming methods.

Despite using technology to improve production, the dry fa...

Taking cows to summer grass makes a long, dreary winter worthwhile. Follow along as we take the core herd to summer pasture and as we find and doctor a few stockers, which is always entertaining! Plus, I ask a question of agriculturalists whose response to consumer inquiries is "grow your own."