A few weeks ago the West Madison Research Station fell victim to a fire that destroyed one of their storage sheds. This fire was very similar to one that took place at the Arlington Research station 2 years ago. Mike Bertram is the superintendent of the Arlington research station and joins Ben Jarboe to explain how they were able to recover. Michael Peters of the West Madison Research Station also gives insight on how they are recovering and how the Arlington station fire has helped them learn to speed up this process.
Midwest nice now translates to how you pilot your drone. Preston Rice is the founder and co-owner of Madison Area Drone Service, a company that started in 2017 that sells and services drone products, and specializes in agricultural drones. Preston says as the industry grows, so does the importance of safe and polite flying. He joins Stephanie Hoff and says even though the rules and regulations say you can fly pretty much wherever you want doesn’t mean you should.
John Heinberg, market advisor with Total Farm Marketing joins Charitee Seebecker to provide insight into the implications of the USDA Supply/Demand and Crop Production reports. He says there's a bearish outlook for soybeans while corn had a more neutral response.