Mike Wilson
Senior Executive Editor at Farm Progress
Executive Editor/director of content, Farm Futures, Farm Progress Co.
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2 weeks ago |
farmprogress.com | Mike Wilson
One of my early childhood memories dates to my family processing chickens on our Illinois grain and livestock farm. Grandpa would slaughter some broilers, and my mother, grandmother, aunt and two sisters would pluck, butcher and freeze them. Occasionally, we’d save one bird for Grandma to fry and serve up for Sunday lunch with all the fixings. It makes my mouth water just thinking about them.
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3 weeks ago |
farmprogress.com | Mike Wilson
When Kentucky farmer Landon Brown surveyed one of his corn fields after a hailstorm last week, he found a two-foot-deep landslide of ice pellets packed amid dirt and shriveled corn plants. “It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever seen,” says Brown, 45, who farms with brother Dennie Alan Brown and Dad David Brown. “I have never seen anything like it, and no one else I talked to has either.”In most cases, young corn plants can survive hailstorms.
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2 months ago |
farmprogress.com | Mike Wilson
Earlier this year, Iowa farmer Mike Dahl opened an invoice for farm insurance and felt a jolt: The premiums had nearly doubled. Feeling queasy from sticker shock, Dahl called his agent, who reminded him he had requested more coverage for a new $45,000 shed, along with some smaller add-ons. While accepting some of the price hike as justified, the increase still caused Dahl to sit down and read the fine print in his policy. “It was 15 pages, and on the last page, I found a 15% surcharge,” he recalls.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
farmprogress.com | Mike Wilson
The Consumer Electronics Show, held last week in Las Vegas, was all about autonomy and AI — including farm equipment. Leaning in on the farm labor crisis, equipment companies like John Deere and Kubota showcased autonomous machines that can mow your yard, till your field, spray your orchard — even bring refreshments out to the field, with no help from a human. To sum up CES 2025: automation, robots, and AI were on practically every booth and product.
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Dec 4, 2024 |
farmprogress.com | Mike Wilson
Watsonville, Calif., farmer Dick Peixoto’s organic journey hasn’t been all blue sky and roses. “It’s definitely more challenging than just sitting down and scheduling spray jobs each week,” says Peixoto, who will be honored as organic Grower of the Year at the Organic Grower Summit today, Dec. 5, in Monterey. “Organic takes a lot of work.”Still, he says he would not consider going back to conventional farming. “Lakeside is in a good place because of our crop diversity,” he notes.
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