Everyone Depends on the Farmer No one understands the pressure that farmers are under unless they’ve walked a mile in their shoes. I was telling someone the other day how rural communities are completely dependent on the success of agriculture, it’s always been that way. If farmers have a good year everyone else does too, […]
It’s been a busy week at FBN
Our team at FBN is spread out across the country bright and early this morning helping growers book their crop inputs, making deliveries, and attending trade shows. Today will be extremely busy for everyone because it’s the last day for growers to lockdown 0% financing for the entire season. The past few days have been […]
Two Very Important Reports from FBN Provide Valuable Insight to Growers for the 2022 Growing Season
FBN’s 2022 Acreage Report USDA’s March Acreage Report yet again caught the market by surprise. Actual estimates from the government came in at a big drop in corn acres (89.5 million acres vs the average analyst guess of 92.0 million acres), while soybeans surprised to the upside (91.0 vs trade guesses at 88.9). Likewise, spring […]
My TEDx Talk on Agriculture & Feeding the World
I’ve done a lot of public speaking over the years and never had butterflies before a talk before, that changed this past weekend at TEDx Little Rock. This event was so well done and the list of speakers was very high profile (so you can imagine a goober like me tossed into that mix). Needless […]
Press Release: Rohrscheib Leaves Pleth to Launch Rohrscheib Capital
Entrepreneur Cotton Rohrscheib announced today that he was stepping down from Pleth, an agency he co-founded a decade ago, to pursue other opportunities. “This is something I’ve prayed about for a while now and I think it’s the right time,” said Rohrscheib. Since 2000, Mr. Rohrscheib has been active in the expansion of the web […]
When Tractors Invaded D.C. (1978)
I was actually telling someone the other day about getting on the tractor with my dad bright and early one morning in 1978 and heading down the highway with several hundred other farmers on their tractors. I was 6yrs old and didn’t have a clue what we were doing but I can vividly remember how […]