Agronomy Center

News and Reports

• Early Season Plot Report
  
  03/23/2013
  Headquartered in central Illinois and southern Michigan, Farm Journal Field Agronomists Ken Ferrie and Missy Bauer conduct thousands of acres of test plots every year. Here’s a recap of Ferrie’s initial findings.
• Cover Crops Complicate Nitrogen Management
  
  03/15/2013
  Cover crops can do wonders for soil health. But sound management is just as critical with cover crops as it is with cash crops such as corn, wheat and soybeans.
• Tech At Your Fingertips
  
  03/14/2013
  Farm Journal's new tablet app shows how tools are used in test plots.
• Test Plots: Double Play
  
  03/09/2013
  More than 20 years of Farm Journal Test Plot research has revealed a thing or two about corn and soybean row spacings—and the learning continues.
• Test Plots: Close and Seal the Deal
  
  02/09/2013
  To answer questions about the options available for closing systems, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie organized a multiyear test plot to look at the various planter closing wheel designs.
• Healthy Roots Matter
  
  02/09/2013
  The seed treatment provided visible response in the first, second and third crown roots, with more root mass and root hairs.
• Starter Test Plot Roundup
  
  01/26/2013
  With the correct management moves, starter fertilizer can give a corn crop a boost as well as advance maturity.
• Test Plots: Variable and Wireless
  
  01/07/2013
  For more than a decade, the Farm Journal Test Plots has varied corn populations and nitrogen rates to respond to natural management zones in the field. In 2012, the crew added variable-rate irrigation to its site-specific farming portfolio.
• Tech Tools in the Field
  
  12/08/2012
  The Farm Journal Test Plots team incorporates new technologies in their field tests every year.
• Focusing on Variable-Rate Technology
  
  11/10/2012
  There’s nothing like a drought to make it crystal-clear that we can never walk away from a crop. The yields tell the story for soybeans and corn.