Category: Farming

From amber waves of grain to equipment and technology

Farm Fresh Podcast: Technology for Precise Planting

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Straight rows are more than just a pretty picture. For farmers, it’s all about optimal spacing to give each plant equal access to sunlight, water and nutrients.

Check out how today’s technology allows farmers to be precise and what it takes to grow a crop in this week’s Farm Fresh Podcast with local farmer Rick Dean.

Tune in every Wednesday at 12:45 for the Farm to Table segment on WJBC.

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Strip till is  one of the farming techniques Rick Dean uses on his farm.

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Farm Fresh Podcast: Prepping for Planting

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Spring is in the air and soon the planters will start rolling across McLean County, dropping seeds into the ground to produce the amber waves of grain that will be harvested next fall.

How do farmers know it’s time to plant? Find out from Paul Schuler, a farmer from Lexington, in this week’s Farm Fresh Podcast.

Catch the Farm to Table segment every Wednesday at 12:45 p.m. on WJBC Radio.

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Farm Fresh Podcast: Fertilizer Feeds Plants

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Ever wondered what’s in those white tanks you see out in farm fields during spring or fall? It’s a fertilizer – called anhydrous ammonia – that provides an essential nutrient to plants. Find out more in this week’s Farm Fresh Podcast with local farmer Fred Grieder.

Grieder also serves as president of the McLean County Farm Bureau and shares a few thoughts on the Illinois state budget impasse.

Listen for the Farm to Table segment every Wednesday at 12:45 on WJBC Radio.

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Farm Fresh Podcast: Experiencing Ag Around the World

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From specialty crop farms and a tofu production plant in Japan to the Panama Canal, local farmer David Mool shares his international experience with the Illinois Ag Leadership Program in this week’s Farm Fresh Podcast.

Listen for the Farm to Table segment every Wednesday at 12:45 p.m. on WJBC radio.

To see photos and more details from the trip, click here.

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Farm Fresh Podcast: ‘Meating’ Needs

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Help ‘meat’ needs in McLean County by contributing to the Meat Donation Drive at Hy-Vee in Bloomington March 20-26.

All proceeds will be used to purchase meat for Midwest Food Bank and benefiting our neighbors in need through area food pantries.

Hear about the program from Mike Hoffman, Director of Operations for Midwest Food Bank in this week’s Farm Fresh Podcast.

Listen Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m. for the Farm to Table segment on WJBC Radio.

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