Expect More Ag Network

06/15/2026

From horses… to hired steam engines… to the first gasoline tractors farmers could finally call their own.
Hart‑Parr didn’t just build machines — they kicked off the first tractor revolution.
The 22‑45 and the 30‑60 “Old Reliable” changed everything.

06/08/2026

From Japan Peas to the Pentagon to the Midwest powerhouse we know today — soybeans have one of the most unexpected origin stories in American agriculture.
Illinois leads the nation now, but it all started with a handful of seeds in the 1850s.

06/01/2026

A Midwest summer tradition: detasseling.
From early hybrid seed breakthroughs to today’s mix of machines and crews, it shaped generations of young people across farm country.
A true rite of passage in American agriculture.

05/25/2026

The 1930s changed corn forever.
From Henry A. Wallace’s 1923 breakthrough to the drought‑driven shift of the mid‑’30s, hybrids reshaped the Corn Belt. Land‑grant universities and early seed companies carried the work forward, building the genetics growers rely on today.
A turning point in American agriculture — and it all started in the Midwest.

05/25/2026

05/18/2026

The 1930s Dust Bowl reshaped American agriculture.
Drought, wind, and bare soil turned the Plains into dust — and Black Sunday pushed the creation of the Soil Conservation Service.
Its lessons still guide modern farming today.

05/14/2026

Getting the 2026 soybean test plot in the ground today.
Local conditions and local data matter — this plot helps us see what truly performs here.

05/13/2026

Back at it.
The weather slowed things down, but we’re rolling again and getting growers supplied across Southern Illinois.

05/11/2026

1874 — Barbed Wire reshaped the Midwest.
Joseph Glidden, a farmer from DeKalb, Illinois, patented the barbed‑wire design that changed everything.
It protected crops, controlled livestock, and gave farmers clear boundaries — a simple invention that shaped the farms we know today.
Advancing Midwest Agriculture, One Story at a Time.
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