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Cover of the Spring 2025 issue of The Furrow
The Furrow

Spring 2025

The Spring 2025 issue of The Furrow, published by John Deere, mixes practical agronomy with stories about farmers and rural life across North America and beyond. Readers will find guidance on cover crops, yield goals, and crop rotation alongside profiles of ranches, farms, and niche agricultural ventures.

Cover crops and crop rotationManaging inputs and profitDiversified farm enterprisesFarmers building new operationsRural culture and craft

Every story in Spring 2025

All 20 stories from this issue. The 6 we think are worth your time are marked and listed first. Each one opens on deere.com.

Calibrate Yield Goals — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Worth your time
Calibrate Yield Goals
Prioritize profit using soil health to reduce input costs.
It shows how to prioritize profit by using soil health to reduce input costs.
Soil & WaterFarm Business & Markets
Cereal Rye to the Rescue — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Worth your time
Cereal Rye to the Rescue
The do-all cover is a defense against pigweeds.
It looks at cereal rye as a do-all cover crop and a defense against pigweeds.
Conservation & SustainabilityWeeds & Pest Control
Masters of Marbling — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Worth your time
Masters of Marbling
Raising the bar on pork flavor and tenderness.
It covers raising the bar on pork flavor and tenderness through marbling.
LivestockFood & Drink
More Eyes the Better — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Worth your time
More Eyes the Better
Hiring an agrologist can help your bottom line.
It weighs how hiring an agrologist can help your bottom line.
Farm Business & MarketsCrops & Agronomy
Stacking Enterprise — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Worth your time
Stacking Enterprise
From brewery to bison, this ranch taps every income stream possible.
It profiles a ranch that taps every income stream possible, from brewery to bison.
LivestockFarm Business & MarketsFood & Drink
Why Wheat Works — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Worth your time
Why Wheat Works
A cereal grain adds agronomic diversity to crop rotations.
It explains how a cereal grain adds agronomic diversity to crop rotations.
Crops & AgronomyConservation & Sustainability
Bridging the Pacific — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Bridging the Pacific
Reconstructed Japanese farmhouse in Oregon links two cultures.
History & CultureAg Tourism & Education
Coming Together When the Lights Went Out — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Coming Together When the Lights Went Out
Finding peace amidst chaos left by Hurricane Helene.
Weather & ClimateHealth & Well-Being
Connected by a Thread — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Connected by a Thread
Fibershed ties together regional economies.
Farm Business & MarketsConservation & Sustainability
An Eggs-traordinary Art — The Furrow, Spring 2025
An Eggs-traordinary Art
Ukrainian Easter eggs make family heirlooms and fun.
History & CultureFarm Life & Family
As Fresh as It Gets — The Furrow, Spring 2025
As Fresh as It Gets
Luxury Charlevoix hotel establishes its own farm.
Food & DrinkAg Tourism & Education
Gathering Wool, Creating Art — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Gathering Wool, Creating Art
Needle felting from farm to form.
LivestockHistory & Culture
Home on the Plains — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Home on the Plains
BC couple chases their ranching dream in Saskatchewan.
LivestockFarm Life & Family
John Deere Historic Site — The Furrow, Spring 2025
John Deere Historic Site
Where it all began in Grand Detour, Illinois.
John Deere & Heritage
Off to the Pig Races! — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Off to the Pig Races!
Small-time event brings big action.
LivestockAg Tourism & Education
Peony Pioneer — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Peony Pioneer
Bringing a niche ag industry to life in Alaska.
Specialty Crops & HorticultureFarm Business & Markets
A Place of Possibility — The Furrow, Spring 2025
A Place of Possibility
Somali couple builds their own farm in central Minnesota.
Farm Life & FamilyFarm Business & Markets
Another Roadside Attraction — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Another Roadside Attraction
Roadside stands are a window into local agriculture.
Ag Tourism & EducationFarm Business & Markets
It Starts with a Seed — The Furrow, Spring 2025
It Starts with a Seed
Seed catalogs bring early-season joy to gardeners.
Specialty Crops & HorticultureCrops & Agronomy
Tech@Work — The Furrow, Spring 2025
Tech@Workregular column
Heritage and innovation: The Came Farms legacy.
Tech@Work ColumnJohn Deere & Heritage

The Furrow is published by John Deere. Koenig Equipment is an independent John Deere dealer and is not the publisher. Story headlines and summaries are John Deere's; the issue overviews on this site are written by Koenig Equipment. Read full stories at deere.com.

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