Farm Journal: November 2008

Magazine Features

• Repair Shop On Wheels
  
  11/28/2008
  This boom-equipped service truck provides farmers a lift when machinery breaks down
• Tech Journal
  
  11/28/2008
• Edge Yields Upward
  
  11/28/2008
  Neatness counts to maximize yield on outside corn rows.
• Tailgate Talk, Utility Tractors Hit the Road
  
  11/19/2008
  John Deere utility tractors hit the road, What a Day!: Jackknifed, and Stat Rack: Guinness World Record wheat harvest
• Editor's Notebook: For the Next 100 Years
  
  11/11/2008
  My husband's parents are octogenarians (a fancy word that means people who are 80 years old).
• $100 Ideas
  
  11/04/2008
  Idle Electric Motor, Storage Flip-Flop, Three in One
• Machinery Journal
  
  11/01/2008
  Case IH Magnum Tractors, John Deere Manure Spreaders, Bobcat compact tractors, New Holland Combines, Club Car Utility Vehicles
• Production Journal
  
  11/01/2008
  Brabec won his Bobcat 250 welder/generator in 2006, in the first Welding University drawing sponsored by Farm Journal and Miller Electric Manufacturing Company.
• Corn Navigator: Pick Your Hybrid
  
  11/01/2008
  Simple solutions to choosing genetics that fit your farm
• Conservation Now
  
  11/01/2008
• One Click Cover Crop Info
  
  11/01/2008
  A new booklet and decision-making tool and an updated reference guide reach farmers via the Internet
• Machinery Doc
  
  11/01/2008
  Round and Round the Hay Field We Go
• CropTech
  
  11/01/2008
  Banishing earworm and a new nitrogen fix
• Field Notes
  
  11/01/2008
  In 2009, our cost of production for corn should be roughly 54¢ per bushel less than with conventional tillage
• Leave a Legacy Survey
  
  11/01/2008
• The Race to Capitol Hill
  
  11/01/2008
  Democrats sense Senate control is within grasp
• Rewriting the Global Playbook
  
  11/01/2008
  Unprecedented actions by financial policymakers
• A Sweet Idea
  
  11/01/2008
  Sorghum holds new promise as a source of ethanol
• Guest Commentary: Betrayed by Our Conservation Partners
  
  11/01/2008
  It saddens me to see a conservation program as successful as CRP hijacked.
• Away in the Manger
  
  11/01/2008
  Handy feeder corrals round hay bales
• Trick Your ATV
  
  11/01/2008
  Add-ons rev up the utility of your all-terrain vehicle
• Risky Inputs
  
  10/31/2008
  With pricey fertilizer, act early and consider all your options
• Bio-Oil Heats Up
  
  10/31/2008
  A new biofuels source gains interest
• New Products
  
  10/31/2008
  Welder for field and shop, new John Deere mower decks and more!
• Biofuels Update
  
  10/28/2008
  Sweet potatoes, new FFVs, Indiana''s ehanol output, and a new bioeconomy institute

Web Extra

• Master Nitrogen Efficiency
  
  10/31/2008
  Use these online tools and information to help maximize your nitrogen.
• Field Notes: Tillage Spreadsheet
  
  10/31/2008
  Use the following Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, courtesy of Ken Rulon, to plug in your costs to compare conventional tillage and no-till.
• Get Stable
  
  10/31/2008
  Remember the days when you applied additional units of nitrogen to account for leaching or denitrification? No longer—higher natural gas prices mean you need to hang on to every drop of nitrogen and its smart environmental stewardship.
• Manure Value Spreadsheet
  
  10/31/2008
  Use the "What is Manure Worth?" a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, to determine the viability of using manure as fertilizer on your farm.
• More Info to Help You Navigate to High Soybean Yields
  
  10/31/2008
• Ready for Anything
  
  10/31/2008
  Find out what, in addition to parts, tires and an air compressor, the Henggelers carry in their shop on wheels.

Columnists

• The Legacy Survey
  
  11/02/2008
  What do you need to write your success story, and how can we help? This is the purpose and the promise of the Farm Journal Legacy Project.

Cotton Navigator

• Bye-Bye Boll Weevil
  
  02/02/2009
  Eradication efforts on track to reach 2010 goal

Soybean Navigator

• Outwit Three Soybean Killers
  
  11/02/2008
  Here''s how to beat three serious yield robbers.

Test Plots

• Zone in On Nitrogen
  
  11/01/2008
  Master efficiency with all the tools