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Home » Farm Equipment Fridays: Seed signs

Farm Equipment Fridays: Seed signs

By Marybeth Feutz 9 Comments

I was talking to a friend of mine, and she had been talking to a friend of hers.  (Yes, this is one of those “friend of a friend” stories.  But this one is true!  And it’s important, so pay attention!)

farm equipment Fridays

So this friend said that she was disappointed at the number of commercial farms she had seen on her drive.  When asked how she knew they were commercial farms, she said she could tell because of all the signs along the edges of the fields.

Beck's Hybrids seed sign at cornfield

If you’ve done any driving at all in any areas where crops are grown, chances are you’ve seen them, too.  And if you have a farming background, then you know what they mean.

But if, like this friend, you don’t have a farming background, then you might not know what they mean.  In fact, you might make the assumption that this means that Beck’s owns and farms this field.

And this would be a reasonable assumption.  After all, when you see a sign with a name on it in front of a building, you expect to find that business operating inside the building, yes?

Pioneer seed sign

Actually, these signs are more like the signs a contractor will put in your front yard when he is doing work on your house.  It’s an advertisement.  “Don’t you love my work?  Don’t you want to grow my seeds, too?”

Sometimes the signs will just say “Hey, we’re great!”

Beck's Hybrids Proven seed sign

Sometimes the signs will give a little more information about the seed that was planted in that field, like the hybrid number.

Beck's Hybrids seed sign at soybean field

The important thing to know about these signs is that the company on the signs does not own or farm the field.  That is simply where the farmer who does own the field bought their seed that year.

After seed sales are done and fields are planted, the seed dealers (sellers) will go around the country, check out the fields, and place their signs in front of fields that have a good looking crop.  And on roads that have good traffic.  (You won’t see these signs on gravel back roads!)

The important thing to remember is that most of the farms in Indiana (and in all of America!) are still family-owned.  They may be incorporated now, but the corporation (farm) is still owned and run by a family.

family farm using AgriGold seed

Beck’s Hybrids, Pioneer, and AgriGold have not sponsored this post.

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Filed Under: Where is My Food From? Tagged With: AgriGold, Beck's, commercial farm, farm, farm equipment, Farm Equipment Fridays, Pioneer, seed

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Comments

  1. Cris Goode says

    09/03/2010 at 5:12 pm

    Good post! Thanks for sharing.

  2. Carla says

    09/03/2010 at 5:22 pm

    MB- Funny!! And, yes some do post their signs on back gavel roads…there’s one just past my house! Some of these guys should also be sure to mow around their signs and be sure they are straight. Very informative post though for any no-ag followers!!

  3. Dani says

    09/03/2010 at 7:09 pm

    Neat! I didn’t know that. Now this evening when Anthony and I make our way to Vermont, I will have to share this information with him. 🙂

    Thanks!

  4. Lana says

    09/03/2010 at 8:35 pm

    Very nice! I think we country folk forget how removed some people are from the farm, and what is common knowledge to us might not be so well known to those just passing through!

  5. Heather @ 3 kids and lots of pigs says

    09/04/2010 at 1:16 am

    Great post. Thanks for helping tell the truth.

    P.S. Congrats on being an Excellence in Ag finalists. Good luck!!!

  6. BigD says

    09/06/2010 at 12:04 am

    I just read an article last week about people responding that way to a survey. I thought that was so weird!

  7. Katie says

    09/06/2010 at 3:57 am

    I had NO IDEA that people thought this until earlier this year when a girlfriend told me the same thing. Now I totally understand the “WHY” behind it but we need more people like you educating other moms and friends on the real story behind farm seed signs. Thanks so much for sharing! I have been to AgriGold head quarters in St. Francisville IL and know they would be thrilled you are telling this about their signs! They are fiercely proud of the signs.
    Katie from North Dakota

  8. Marybeth @ AlarmClockWars says

    09/08/2010 at 6:49 pm

    Thanks for all the comments, ladies! Like most of you, I was very surprised when I heard that story.

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