Behind the Scenes of PCM: Insights from a Northwest Region Specialist
January 22, 2025
Tara Desmond
Discover how Precision Conservation Management (PCM) is transforming farming through relationships, data, and support. In this video, Lou Liva, a Northwest Region Specialist, explains why PCM provides significant value to farmers. PCM has specialists across Illinois who visit farms to collect data, which is later anonymously benchmarked against other farms.
Learn how benchmarking reports can help you to make better decisions for your operations—not sure if you want to do it or not? First year is free and in fact, we give farmers a payment their first year for participating. Afraid of making changes on the farm? You are not required to make changes with this program - just collect and look at the data.

By American Craft Spirits Association
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August 21, 2025
The Farmer-Distiller: Best Bourbon resulted in a numerical tie, with two distilleries sharing the honor. Queens Reserve, a product of Wood Hat Spirits in Florence, Missouri scored identically to Bloody Butcher Bourbon, which is produced by Pathfinder Farm Distillery in Boonsboro, Maryland.