Farm Journal: October 2012

Magazine Features

• 10 Handy Farm Apps
  
  10/16/2012
  Make your job easier with these useful mobile tools.
• Where the Candidates Stand on Agriculture
  
  10/04/2012
  Biofuels, regs and trade in the presidential election.
• At the Core of Domestic Energy Discovery
  
  10/01/2012
  New drilling technology is taking the oil and natural gas industries to untapped frontiers.
• Rootworm Ruckus
  
  09/29/2012
  Resistance confirmed in Illinois, feared elsewhere.
• More Parts, Faster
  
  09/29/2012
  AGCO’s Missouri parts distribution center expands.
• Trick Your Skid Steer
  
  09/29/2012
  Attachments and accessories to get the job done.
• Open to Opportunity
  
  09/29/2012
  The Dell family hopes to tap into the fledgling agritourism industry fueled by urban residents who want to know how their food is grown.
• No Wire Worries
  
  09/29/2012
  Farmers take action to keep copper thieves at bay.
• Efficiency Below the Surface
  
  09/29/2012
  Subsurface drip tape irrigation crosses over to row crops.
• Low Tech, High Reward
  
  09/29/2012
  A Wisconsin producer goes back to basics to reap major rewards for his farm and the environment.
• 2013 Welding University
  
  09/29/2012
  One $100 Idea contestant and two online survey participants will win.
• Higher 2013 Premiums?
  
  09/29/2012
  USDA has an open-ended commitment to back up claims.
• Mercury Rising
  
  09/29/2012
  What we talk about when we talk about climate change.
• Undercovered and Underfunded
  
  09/29/2012
  Cover crop research points to benefits that go beyond soil health.
• Data-Driven Decisions
  
  09/28/2012
  Monsanto's new FieldScripts offers farmers a variable-rate hybrid prescription by zone and a specific hybrid match for each field.
• Next Season Starts Now
  
  09/17/2012
  This fall is a prime time to get your production game plan under way for next year.
• Fall Forecast
  
  09/06/2012
  One weather expert expects Midwest farmers to see rain showers during the next couple of months.
• Hogs for the Hungry
  
  07/16/2012
  FFA kids in Streator, Ill., are raising pigs to help feed people in their community who would otherwise not be able to afford protein in their diets.
• Tire Design's Inside Story
  
  07/09/2012
  Firestone ag tires are engineered at a state-of-the-art technical center and tested at a historical farm.

Web Extra

• Crops Keeping Chicago Cooler?
  
  09/28/2012
  Chicagoans have been enjoying relatively milder summers in recent years. According to one researcher, they may want to thank area farmers.
• Monsanto’s Integrated Farming Systems
  
  09/26/2012
  See all of Farm Journal Media’s full-circle coverage, including videos, of IFS.
• See a Mean Machine in Action
  
  09/24/2012
  Before a Firestone tire gets to your farm, it’s field-tested on the historical farm owned by Harvey Firestone.

Columnists

• Opportunity Knocks
  
  10/19/2012
  Managing your bottom line is a challenge, but with every adversity comes opportunity.
• Understand the Risk
  
  10/18/2012
  When $8 corn and $18 soybeans are put in the bin, farmers assume a lot of risk, including direct storage, quality management and high opportunity costs.
• Too Much Is No Good
  
  10/17/2012
  When it comes to repair and maintenance of farm equipment, sometimes a little restraint can go a long way.
• Squiggle on the Dotted Line
  
  10/01/2012
  When all you have are keyboards, any unique flair in your writing is purposeless.
• A Plan to Prepare
  
  09/29/2012
  Young people must be willing to work toward a more promising tomorrow.

Corn College

• Head of the Class
  
  09/29/2012
  Celebrating its five-year anniversary, Corn College events bring farmers to the field with Farm Journal experts.

I Built the Best

• Planning Makes Perfect
  
  09/29/2012
  Winning shop is plumbed for three sources of heat.

Corn Navigator

• Drought's Weed Woes
  
  09/29/2012
  Who benefits from drought? Weeds! Step up your management to protect yields next year and beyond.

Departments

• Web Slingers Catch More Farm Data
  
  10/01/2012
  The latest round of precision ag technologies collect more data—and, more importantly, put it to work.
• NDVI on the Go
  
  10/01/2012
  NDVI can be captured on a per-plant basis with the Trimble GreenSeeker handheld crop sensor.
• More Seed Guides Migrating to iPad
  
  10/01/2012
  Great Lakes Hybrids recently announced a new interactive seed guide application specifically for the iPad.
• $100 Ideas: Extra Hand with Hay Bales
  
  10/01/2012
  In less than five hours, Lester Langeland and son Marlin attached a hydraulic cylinder to their loader forks to keep bales from getting stuck.