Craig Spray

Dealer Manager for Beck's Hybrids, Boilermaker supporter, Husband, and Daddy to 3. Christ Follower, passionate about farming

[Craig Spray @Craigboiler]

@gregzimpleman What are you building?

[Josh Linville @JLinvilleFert]

I am in too bad a mood after this week for cheeky comments. Here are price comparisons since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz:

NOLA Urea - +11%
NOLA UAN - +51%
Midwest NH3 - +26%
NOLA DAP - +28%
NOLA Potash - +15%

Dec '26 corn - +5%
Nov '26 beans - +5%
July '26 wheat - +8%

[Boiler Burner @BoilerBurner1]

The state’s best (continue to) play at PURDUE.

🚂🏀

[Craig Spray @Craigboiler]

@mjanders1 @deutmeyer_troy Seems early for that stuff to be coming already. No bueno.

[Craig Spray @Craigboiler]

@gwiesefarms Drive over dump for corn harvest.

[Craig Spray @Craigboiler]

@Bkitch1Bodie A) plant beans instead 😀
B)find a planting window with 3-70 degree days following planting day. regardless of the temp that day. Soil conditions need to be right, of course.

[Reverend Jordan Wells @WellsJorda89710]

🚨 BREAKING: Chicago Bulls waive young guard Jaden Ivey after he preached Jesus Christ and called out the NBA’s celebration of Pride Month.

Head Coach Billy Donovan said Ivey didn’t “live up to certain organizational standards.”

The team’s official statement claimed his “conduct was detrimental to the team.”

Translation from the Chicago Bulls: Preaching the Gospel and saying sin is sin makes you a problem.

Jaden Ivey — a vocal Christian who was recently baptized and has boldly shared his faith in Jesus — went on Instagram Live speaking truth about Scripture, unrighteousness, and the NBA pushing LGBTQ ideology during Pride Month.

His message? The world (and the league) celebrates what the Bible calls sin. He’s preaching repentance and Christ.

For that, they cut him after just a handful of games.

The Chicago Bulls have made it crystal clear: They do not support Christians who actually live and speak their faith when it conflicts with the rainbow agenda.

You can bow to BLM, promote Pride, stay silent on sin — that’s fine.
But open your mouth about Jesus and biblical truth? “Detrimental.”

This is the new standard in the NBA: Christian athletes are welcome… as long as they keep quiet about the parts of Scripture the league dislikes.

Ivey’s response: “All I’m preaching about is Jesus Christ and they waived me.”

The message to every believing player is loud and clear — conform or be gone.

Stand with Jaden Ivey for having the courage to speak truth in a league that demands silence.

Share if you believe faith in Christ shouldn’t get you fired.

#JusticeForIvey #BullsExposed #ChristianAthletes #PreachJesus

[Purdue On BTN @PurdueOnBTN]

PAINT‼️

[Nate Barrett @NateBarrett80]

How Sweet it is!!!!! 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

[Josh Linville @JLinvilleFert]

@swksfarmer @COag_guy 2020 same time of year:

Corn - 2% lower
Urea - 75% higher
UAN - 173% higher
NH3 - 125% higher
DAP - 117% higher
MAP - 91% higher
Potash - 1% lower

That was depressing to do and also:

Dear U.S. government...WE DO NOT NEED HELP WITH POTASH. HELP WITH NITROGEN AND PHOSPHATE.

[Josh Linville @JLinvilleFert]

Price changes since the same time of year 2023:

Corn - 16% lower
Urea - 5% higher
UAN - 25% higher
NH3 - 3% higher
DAP - 44% higher
MAP - 17% higher
Potash - 3% higher

One of these things is not like the other one.

[Clint Fischer @clintwfischer]

"Someday, all this will be yours…"

A young man in Iowa heard that line for over a decade.

Came back to the farm when his dad had a health scare. At the time, it was just for short-term help. He’d already started a solid career in ag retail after trade school because the farm wasn’t big enough to support two generations. But when he came back, he realized expansion could happen and his passion was the family farm. So he agreed to stick around.

He worked his tail off. Took a job off the farm to make ends meet, married a local gal, built a life there. The farm grew. They dreamed of taking it over someday.

But, "someday" was always just over the horizon.

Every time they got close to talking about a real succession plan, his parents resisted.

The goalposts kept moving.

"If we get 80 more acres, then we’ll talk…"

"If you can find a place to rent nearby, then we’ll talk…"

"If you buy some land of your own, then we’ll talk…"

"If we have a couple good years in a row, then we'll talk..."

But the talk never happened.

Eventually, with two kids and 10 years gone, they gave the owner generation a clear, respectful proposal for the future. And were shot down. Fast.

So he made the hardest decision of his life... he left.

Took a DSM job in ag retail and moved his young family to Minnesota. His heart’s still back on the family farm, but he finally put his family’s future ahead of a fading promise.

Unfortunately, the relationship with his folks has soured.

He told me this story, and asked me to share it, so others might hear it.

For awareness, not to place blame.

If you’re the next gen, don’t ignore the warning signs.

If you’re the owner gen, don’t let pride or fear kill the legacy you worked to build.

Succession only happens if someone’s willing to lead. And leadership means putting things in writing. Before it’s too late.

[Craig Spray @Craigboiler]

@franfraschilla @CrackerBarrel @Big12Conference My thoughts exactly. Their food has been disgusting for years now.

[Craig Spray @Craigboiler]

@BoilerBurner1 I’m as big of Purdue bball loyalist as anyone but can we stop with the Natty being gifted to us 360 in advance??? Lotta work and some luck ahead to reach that pinnacle of achievement.

[Purdue Men's Basketball @BoilerBall]

🚂 Guard U.

In the last 7 years, no one has had more consensus All-American guards than Purdue.

🇺🇸 2019 - Carsen Edwards
🇺🇸 2022 - Jaden Ivey
🇺🇸 2025 - Braden Smith

[On3 @On3]

BREAKING: South Dakota State star transfer PF Oscar Cluff has committed to Purdue🚂

Cluff is the On3 No. 1 player in the transfer portal.

https://t.co/JdkHM3r95o

[Jeremy Frank @MLBRandomStats]

Over the last 10 seasons, Purdue MBB is 132-49 in Big Ten regular season play.

Their .729 winning percentage is the best by a B10 team over a 10-season span since Indiana went 132-48 (.733) from 1974-1984.

Purdue has 16 more wins than 2nd place MSU in that span.

@BoilerBall

[ⁿᵉʷˢ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. @RobertKennedyJc]

It's now politically correct to say Merry Christmas!

Good morning, everyone!

[Craig Spray @Craigboiler]

@realTrumpNewsX Yes

[Eric Matheny 🎙️ @ericmmatheny]

Harris got 66 million votes.

Joe got 81 million.

Did Democrats lose 15 million voters or did they not exist in the first place?