Farm Journal: Late Spring 2010

Magazine Features

• $100 Ideas
  
  05/04/2010
  Mower Hitch, Water Tank Shutoff Valve, Light Stand
• Machinery Journal
  
  05/04/2010
  JCB Fastrac 7270 Tractor, GMD 4050 TL trailed disk mower, Unverferth 19' tubular-style conveyor, Precision Planting CleanSweep
• Technology Journal
  
  05/04/2010
  Satshot has expanded its lineup of aerial imagery. Satshot 3D has all the same features—and more—of the Map Center and provides a three-dimensional perspective of a field from the Satshot background imagery combined with a worldwide elevation map.
• Policy Journal
  
  05/04/2010
  When it comes to health insurance and health care in general, farmers have few options. As a result, health care is one of the most costly items in their business operation.
• Production Journal
  
  05/04/2010
  The release of USDA's county-level cash rent data in early April may have raised more questions than it answered.
• Tech Auction
  
  05/04/2010
  First-of-its-kind auction provides outlet for used precision ag equipment
• Super-Efficient Ford
  
  05/04/2010
  A firsthand look at the new truck headed to dealers
• The Latest Crop Trends
  
  05/04/2010
  Highlights from the 2010 Commodity Classic
• Water Roulette
  
  05/04/2010
  Snake Valley ranchers in a 21-year fight with Las Vegas
• Tailgate Talk, Brooks joins staff, AgWeb poll, Farm Journal Legacy Project resources
  
  05/04/2010
  Rhonda Brooks joins staff, results from AgWeb poll, Stat Rack: Farm Journal Legacy Project resources; What A Day: tractor on fire for tillage
• Quest for Success
  
  05/04/2010
  Farm Journal Media project helps producers take their operations to the next level for sustainability, higher profits
• Personality Plus
  
  05/04/2010
  Revealing managerial styles helps a family work together

Columnists

• He Wants to Come Home
  
  05/04/2010
  My son wants to come home. He left for school 12 years ago, married his college sweetheart and started a career in pharmaceuticals. I’m sure he wants to farm, but I’m not certain he’s committed enough.
• Housework for Farmers: Laundry
  
  05/04/2010
  Today we illuminate the mysterious subject of where clean clothes come from.
• Set Target Price on Costs
  
  05/04/2010
  My recent work with producers has reconfirmed my conviction that knowing the numbers is essential to good marketing.
• Editor's Notebook: You Ask And We Strive to Deliver
  
  05/04/2010
  We clearly touched a nerve when we introduced our popular Farm Journal Corn College two summers ago.

Corn College

• Corn College TV Launched
  
  07/29/2010
  This past week, while 800 farmers graduated from Corn College, the Corn College team also started filming Corn College TV.
• Farm Journal Corn College Graduates Class of 2010
  
  07/26/2010
  Farm Journal has completed four sold-out sessions this week at its popular Corn College event held near Bloomington, Ill.
• Lime Quality and Cost Factors
  
  07/23/2010
  Two important factors farmers need to keep in mind when making lime decisions for their farm.
• In-Field Diagnostics at Corn College
  
  07/23/2010
  Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer leads farmers through the in-field diagnostic segment of Corn College.
• Technology 101
  
  07/22/2010
  Advice on how farmers can create a technology timeline for their farms.
• Advice to Hit Your Yield Goal
  
  07/22/2010
  The steps farmers should take to increase plant population and increase yields.
• Water Quality in the Spray Tank
  
  07/21/2010
  Have you checked the water quality in your spray tank lately?
• Nematode Pressure on the Rise
  
  07/20/2010
  Nematologists are seeing higher rates of nematode pressure in corn in recent years.
• Whip Western Bean Cutworm Problems Early
  
  07/20/2010
  Treat larvae before they can reach corn ear tips.
• Corn College Weather Representative of Midwest Season
  
  07/20/2010
  Dave Feist, Technical Development Manager for Corn and Soybeans for MANA Crop Protection, talks about how the wet weather is facilitating more disease moving into the soybean crop.
• Farmer Reports from Corn College
  
  07/20/2010
  Meet some Corn College farmers.

Test Plots

• Fill Out Those Ears
  
  05/04/2010
  Keep corn happy to raise hybrids to their potential

Corn Navigator

• Eight Ways to Beat Disease
  
  05/04/2010
  High volumes of crop residue, in which disease organisms overwinter, make disease management essential in 2010