Expensive Machinery Repairs & This Week's Featured Century Farm

 

Teri Barr discusses Madison School District’s Farm to School success, as students take raising food from seed to plate by learning how to grow and prepare fresh foods.

The upcoming ag weather forecast looks good until rain chances increase Sunday

Larry Lee interviews Willie Cade with Repair-dot-org, who explains how repair costs for farm machinery now exceed the cost of operating that machinery on a per-acre basis, and how the trend of dealers carrying fewer parts is keeping down machines off line longer, costing farmers even more money.  He also suggests farmers opt out of the proposed John Deere settlement on right to repair and access to diagnostic software.

Kiley Allen introduces us to Wood County Century Farmers at D&J Kundinger Farm, with John and Dorothy Hardesty.