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Kent Braathen is a custom harvester. With this blog he will cover the harvest trail starting out in Vernon, Texas, continuing on to Kiowa, Kan., Eades, Colo., Phillip, S.D., Onida, S.D. and Minot, N.D. He will also report throughout the fall during soybean, corn and sunflower harvest in N.D. and S.D. Kent and his partner, along with a crew of nine young men from South Africa and a nephew, run five John Deere 9770 combines, two tractors and carts and five semi tractors and trailers.

Farm Journal’s Machinery Doc brings his tractor-seat common sense to AgWeb Iron. As a full-time farmer and former machinery salesman, Doc knows the value of a good used-equipment buy. He applies his horse sense and farmer perspective to working with IRON Solutions to track used machinery values for his Machinery Doc column. He and his wife, Layna, farm near Pine Village Ind.

Chet Esther farms in Beardstown, Ill., with his wife Lori and two sons Ryan and Chad. The Esther Family is in the process of transferring the family farm to the next generation and was chosen to participate in the Farm Journal Legacy Project.

Robin Schmahl is a commodity broker and owner of AgDairy LLC, a full-service commodity brokerage firm located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He can be reached at 877-256-3253 or through their Web site at www.agdairy.com.

Backed by a team of nutritionists, researchers, and the industry-leading portfolio of corn and forage products, your local Pioneer sales professional can help take your farm to the next level. Visit the Silage Zone® for unique feed solutions to your day-to-day challenges or talk to your local Pioneer sales professional today.

Scott Anderson is a former Wall Street Investment Banker who returned to run family farm and now provides precision grain marketing management tools to farmers.

Sonic® herbicide provides long-lasting control to prevent weeds from emerging in soybean fields. With proven performance on difficult-to-control and herbicide-resistant weeds, soybean growers depend on Sonic for clean fields, an easy harvest and increased yield potential.

Andy is a seasoned grain market analyst and the senior account executive at Walsh Hedging. His main focus is assisting producers and end users to better hedge their investments through his various market strategies over his years of experience working on the grain floor.

Kristina grew up in a small farming community in southwest Iowa. Today, she lives on five acres in the country while running her own consulting business in the city. Her website, www.kristinashouse.com, features homemaking, gardening, travel, entertainment, business and technology tips. In the kitchen, Kristina bridges the recipes of her past to the new flavors and fashionable foods of today. In business, she combines a Midwest work ethic with trendy tech tools. Join her each week for flashbacks and fast-forwards. To contact her, e-mail: Kristina@kristinashouse.com.

Doug Austin is passionate finding solutions that will allow us to nutritiously, responsibly and profitably produce the food in our future. His experience in consumer insights and shopper marketing bring interesting and helpful insights to the table about the customer’s perspective of our food production and how the industry can work together for a brighter more nutritious future.