E164: View from the Cab with Chandra and Mike Langseth

Since 2005, DTN Progressive Farmer has been selecting two farmers every year from across the country to participate in their annual View from the Cab Project. These farmers spend a full year getting to know DTN’s Pamela Smith as they work through  weekly calls and check-ins, sharing their stories and their seasons with the broader farm community. The second 2023 farmers we’re checking in with are Chandra and Mike Langseth from the edge of the Red River Valley in Barney, North Dakota. They’ve been farming for nearly a decade, through more than one challenging year and the long transition as the couple takes over the farm from Mike’s father. In addition to Mike’s working full-time on the farm, Chandra tackles scouting and agronomy on-farm while also teaching precision ag and agronomy at the local university. Today, we’ll chat with the Langseths' about the season they’ve had, what they foresee in the upcoming harvest, and how the farm transition is going. We’ll also talk tech, hearing about how the two are thinking about strategic decisions in the farm’s future, and hearing about ongoing experiments at the farm. Then we’ll dig into their vision for the future; and how they see their farm evolving in the face of unpredictable weather, commodity prices, and interest rates.