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Little by little, farmers are getting the information they need to piece together their crop insurance coverage for the coming year.
When crop insurance prices are set March 1, zero in on your marketing plans. If prices come in higher than expected aim for higher marketing goals, whereas if prices come out lower be especially strategic when marketing.
We’re talking with U.S. Grains Council’s Tom Sleight, Tom Karst of The Packer, and Rebecca Larson of A Fresh Look.
The CP770 Picker and CS770 Stripper are the two most efficient cotton harvesting machines in John Deere history, according to Christopher Murray, Deere product marketing manager.
A robotic pigweed killer may provide a 90% reduction in chemical use, maintenance of tractor speed at 6 mph, and the polar opposite of broadcast spraying.
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.
How low and wide can a farmer go? 30,000 seeds per acre, or a lean 20,000, or even a bare-bones 5,000 on 60” rows, and still maintain profit levels?
Steven Ebeling admits farming in West Texas is never easy, but 2022 has been a brutal blow with the majority of the dryland acres already counted as a total loss, and irrigated acres are now struggling to survive.