A 2016 Farm Journal Media equipment and machinery research study revealed that 78% of respondents don’t own or lease a self-propelled sprayer, and another 46% don’t own or lease a pull-behind sprayer. What’s holding them back?

Cotton isn’t king in Kansas, but it’s a fine prince for many Jayhawk growers, boosted by the arrival of new 2,4-D technology.

Farming in Nebraska is a challenge every year, especially when the weather doesn’t deal a favorable hand. However, last year rains came at the right time for soybeans, with some farmers seeing one of their best soybean crops ever.

Fall burndown applications coincide with the harvest season in a lot of areas. That means farmers, their employees and retailer spray applicators are driving up and down rural roads and highways, working hard and working fast to get every acre treated. While a lot of farmers and applicators are experts in the field that’s not always the case as they move to and from the field, according to Fred Whitford, Purdue University coordinator of pesticide programs.

It’s a mixed bag for dairy farmers in Wisconsin. 2016 was produced a bountiful harvest, setting these dairies up for a good year of feed.

Illegal use of dicamba was a devil in 2016 and begs the question: With EPA’s labeling approvals on new dicamba formulations, how might the off-target scenario play out in 2017?