Category Archives: Western Plains

It All Began 30 Years Ago

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Josh Erwin (Nebraska)

Finally, time to take a few minutes in the office.  Dealer training meetings, grower meetings, thousands of phone calls with questions ranging from product  placement, planter adjustment, to “What’s the earliest that I can start planting?” have been the running themes over the past three weeks.  March has arrived, the snow is melting and that “little something” in the air has started.  That feeling and anticipation that I have known for 30 years now has begun once again.  For those … Continue reading →

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Out with the Old, In with the New: A 2010 Agronomy Year in Review!

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Josh Erwin (Nebraska)

As 2011 begins, now is a great time to reflect back on the past year. Was it what everyone expected?  If that was the case, then we would all make a ton of money, right? I had a grower once tell me, “I don’t have 20 years of experience farming, I have had one year of experience as a farmer 20 times!”  There is a lot of truth in that statement. Every year is different and this year has been … Continue reading →

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