Farm Journal: February 2012

Magazine Features

• The Data Dilemma
• Insure for Costs or Profit?
• Cover Crop Smackdown
• Upfront Focus
• The Seed to Succeed
• McDonald's Farmers
• Hay Remains Tight
• Taking Out the Trash
• Ethanol Fuel Dreams
• End the Annoyance
• Tax Checklist
• A Boom in Automation
• The Resistance Movement
• Not Fancy, Just Functional
• Equipment Extravaganza 2012

Web Extra

• The 411 on Cover Crops
• Micronutrient Deficiency Detection Guide
• State Crop Insurance Rates
• NAWG President Talks Farm Policy

Columnists

• Guest Commentary: Solutions to Global Issues
• In the Shop: Fastener Technology
• Outlook: The Risks of Trying to Outguess the Markets
• Editor's Notebook: The Day Our Lives Changed Forever
• The Bottom Line: Scale Does Not Equal Profit
• Leave a Legacy: Are You Growing Success?
• High-Yield Wheat: Tips to Avoid Lodging

Test Plots

• Strategic Placement

Soybean Navigator

• Bang for Your Buck

I Built the Best

• Winners' Circle 2012

Corn Navigator

• Micronutrient Deficiency Detection

Departments

• Hurst Talks Farm Policy, Rail, EPA Issues in Washington Visit
• Wheat Can't Stop Hessian Flies, so Scientists Find Reinforcements
• Corn that Fights Drought
• Four New Tillage Tools
• Planter Down-Force Monitor
• Power Converter
• Apps for Agriculture
• Budget Cuts Target USDA Offices
• $100 Ideas: Sprayer Boom Monitor
• New Rootworm Protection
• Farm Bill Work Marches Ahead
• Tailgate Talk: Is Your Family the Next Legacy Project Case Study?
• Larger Payload with Tri-axle