Farmers create news from the field

May 16, 2013

Canada, U.S. farmers transform into reporters

Farmers are reporters in their field, literally! It may sound like a strange concept, but farmers have been self-reporting from the field this planting season. Growers from across Canada and the United States have heard the call-to-action and have been brave enough to share their experiences from the field.

Farmers are beginning to speak up and aren’t waiting for others to tell their story for them – they’re becoming their own newsmakers. Last month, Farms.com challenged farmers to engage on Twitter using the hashtag #fromthefield to share their pictures, videos and happenings from the field.

Sharing their perspectives has been the neatest aspect of this initiative. The concept of an office is from the tractor cab, their work days are long, running farm equipment is thrilling, the technology is incredible and they like to listen to music and sports on the radio. One family farm group in Alexander, Iowa has even gone so far as broadcasting from the field, inviting radio stations to discuss planting progress – how cool is that?

It’s hard for me to do justice to their perspective, so I would like to encourage you to get to know these people yourselves and don’t be afraid to ask a question to one of these savvy farmer tweeps.

Tweets about "fromthefield"

Video: Is China Buying US Soybeans + USDA Nov 14th Crop Report could be “Game Changing”

After a week of a U.S./China trade truce, markets/trade is skeptical that we have not seen a signed agreement nor heard much from China or seen any details. There are rumors that China is buying soybean futures & not the physical. Trust in Trump?
12 MMT of U.S. soybean purchases by China by year-end is better than 0 but we all need to give it more time and give it a chance to unfold. China did lower the tariffs on Ag and is buying U.S. wheat and sorghum.
U.S. supreme court could rule against Trumps tariffs, but the Trump administration does have a plan B.
U.S. government shutdown is now the longest in history at 38 days.
But despite a U.S. government shutdown we will be getting a USDA November crop report next Friday and it could be “game changing.” If the USDA provides a bullish surprise with lower U.S. corn and soybean yields and ending stocks that are lower than expected both corn and soybean futures will break out above their ceilings at $4.35/bu and $11.35/bu respectively.
The funds continued their selling in live and feeder cattle futures on continued fears that the Trump administration want to lower U.S. beef prices. The fundamentals have not changed, only market psychology has.
Stocks markets continue to worry about a weak U.S. job market, but you can blame ChatGPT for that. In the future, we will have a more efficient, productive and growing economy with a higher unemployment rate until we have more skilled AI workers.
After 34 new record highs in the S & P 500 and 124 new records in the NASDAQ in 2025 we are back to a correction and investor profit taking as AI valuations may have gotten too stretched near-term ahead of NVDA’s 3rd quarter earnings announcement on Nov. 19th. But this is not an AI bubble.
75% of Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk!
It has rained in South America in the last 7 days, but both the American and European models agree that Central Brazil remains dry in the next 14-days!

Canadian Wheat Alliance is born

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