Editorial calendar editorial highlights. January February 2018

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1 2018 editorial highlights Each edition of The Progressive Farmer provides in-depth content on the issues affecting today s farm businesses. Our unique, award-winning editorial includes stories on innovative farm management and crop production practices, land stewardship, analysis on volatile markets, seasonal weather outlooks, beef production, and the latest in equipment and precision ag technology. In addition to regular features, we also provide rich content on select topics. The following are some of the subjects we are covering in January 2018 IO due: art due: Make A Test Plot Ag Summit Summary Highlights of presentations from keynote speakers at the DTN/The Progressive Farmer Ag Summit. Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Grasslands Outdoors: Pond Western Red Cedar Tools/Tips Life Lesson Welding Series: Aluminum CropLink More Interseeders State of Machinery Industry Agronomists In The Showroom Dicamba Decisions Million Dollar Trio Full Package Deal for Palmer Planning for Uncertain Times High Yield Big Returns - Cotton Alphabet Soup A Cooperative Approach February 2018 IO due: art due: America s Best Young Farmers and Ranchers Eighth annual best young farmers and ranchers program, profiles of five winners from our national contest.

2 Genetics Regional Planning OUTDOORS: Raising White Tail Deer Air Tools Quinoa Questions HPPD Beans CropLink Soil Health Tests Crop Strips Consolidation Conundrum Dry Inoculant Breakthrough Crop Scouting Aides Get The Most From Your Dollar The Fuel Plant Next Door Sweet Sounds of Silence Training Tomorrow s Agriculturalists Rural Mental Health Crisis Mid-February 2018 IO due: art due: Spray Smart Series of stories on spraying techniques. March 2018 IO due: art due: NAWG Content Cornfield First Aid Medical/Emergency practices you should know before going to the field. Parasites Land Restoration Immigrant Land Peanuts Paradise Conserved Plasma Temp Inversion Dust off Allepathy/Rye Soil Your Undies Sustainable Sense Alternative Crops, New Adventures Back In The fold Plant Green Plant Green Xtreme Organic Expose Disaster Prep April 2018 IO due: art due: Major features: Smart Water Best new irrigation technology. Distilleries/Spirits Take strong business approach on farmers who are diversifying and making it; other side--farmers who grow grain for distillers. NAFTA Trade flow illustration.

3 Emergency Emergency Why Jeff Brown wants his corn all up within 24 hours and how it achieves it. Forages/Hay/Grazing Von Miller Manure Power Good Will Goes Long Way Cattle Covers FarmHer A Different Kind of Dairy May 2018 IO due: art due: Game Changers Series of profiles features farmers/ranchers who are truly making a difference in agriculture. Making a difference includes: production, marketing, business, diversification, community involvement (local, state, national). Livestock Outlook What is happening to beef herd numbers and is the strong market for cow/calf producers still underway? Welding Tips CC Calendar Rural Commitment Second Career June 2018 IO due: Art due: Rural Revival Farm Living Infrastrcture elder care, internet, rural hospitals. Stockers Moving Pastures OUTDOORS: SxS review Sorghum Protect Rural Waters Crops As Solar Collectors Rural Revival Profitability Rocky Ranches Monarchs

4 July 2018 IO due: art due: Beef s Consumers Waggoner Ranch The Opioid Epidemic August 2018 IO due: art due: Ranching Around The Wall Undocumneted aliens coming through ranches and how they deal with them. hecklist for a trouble-free harvest. Calving/Preconditioning Northeast Iowa GrainSafety The Silicon Prairie September 2018 IO due: art due: Marketing Rural School Survival October 2018 IO due: art due: Herd Health November 2018 IO due: Art due: Champion Soybean Yields Special section on the best production practices of the nation s leading soybean growers. Winter Conditioning

5 Mid-November 2018 IO due: art due: Special Profit Planner Issue Get insight and analysis on key economic and management decisions as you wrap up 2018 and plan for the 2019 season. December 2018 IO due: art due: Champion Corn Yields Special section on the best production practices of the nation s leading corn growers. Reproduction In every issue Marketlink Taxlink Weatherlink Croplink Landwatch Ask the Vet Inside the Market Ask the Mechanic Thompson Ask Dr. Dan Handy Devices Darin Newsom Andy Biebl Bryce Anderson Victoria Myers Pamela Smith Victoria Myers Dr. Ken McMillan Darin Newsom Steve Dr. Daniel Davidson Dan Miller DTN, Inc.