If you think back to last month's column ("By the Time You Read This …"), you'll recall I mentioned USDA's late-March "Prospective Plantings" report marked the unofficial start to planting season. This year, it came with fireworks worthy of the Fourth of July.

The Soy Transportation Coalition has released its "10 Most Wanted" infrastructure priorities for policymakers to use as a guide:

The recently passed budget bill contains a "fix" for the Section 199A dilemma with respect to sales to cooperatives. Let's review the changes to get an idea of how it will work.

One of the hallmark features of this past 2017–18 winter was a dramatic, out-of-bounds warm spell in the far northern latitude regions.

I cannot express how much I enjoyed the illustration from 1962 [featured in The Progressive Farmer, Feb. 2018 issue]. Having been very young back then, it is new to at least two adult generations of farmers, me, a young farm boy in '62, and also our son's generation.

John McGillicuddy thinks there are too many soybeans in your field.

You don't have to have one foot in the 60s or be a Jimi Hendrix fan to be in a purple haze this time of year. Purple deadnettle, followed by the slightly more bluish henbit, are among the first weeds of spring.