In this week's Around Farm Progress podcast, the focus is #plant20. It's spring, and Farm Progress editors are in the field – but maintaining their social distance – to track activity for this season. While coronavirus is on everyone's mind, when planters roll, farmers turn their focus to the work at hand.
With planters rolling down south the podcast kicks off talking with Shelley Huguley, editor, Southwest Farm Press, where a little extra help is a good thing, and it appears the weather is cooperating.
Next, we talk with Holly Spangler, editor, Prairie Farmer, about the Midwest situation including her conversations with suppliers about how the planting season is shaping up.
And we wrap up with a trip to Georgia to talk with Brad Haire, editor, Southeast Farm Press. Planter are rolling, but coronavirus is causing a different problem – it's putting a crimp in 2020 university research. He offers a perspective.
On an added note, readers can catch all of the Farm Progress coverage of COVID-19 by visiting our special coronavirus channel online. We're covering this event from across the country providing both local and national insight into how it impacts all of agriculture. Just visit FarmProgress.com/coronavirus.
The weekly podcast goes live online by 3 p.m. Central time each Friday and will engage editors from around the country. There will also be special guests, and other information provided in this new show, so make an appointment to listen. You can listen to this week's episode above and subscribe on Podbean by following. Soon the show will be on iTunes as well.
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