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Rhonda Brooks

Agronomy Editor, Farm Journal

Rhonda Brooks is the Agronomy Editor for Farm Journal and AgWeb, covering all aspects of crop production. A Missouri native with a background in agricultural communications, she has previously worked on multiple Farm Journal brands.

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Corn
Tall Order for Short Corn: The Latest On Short-Stature Hybrids
Compact corn hybrids appear to take winds 50 mph in stride with little greensnap or lodging resulting. However, yield performance hasn’t been as consistent, and technology providers are working to change that.
March 05, 2024 02:24 PM
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Crop Production
3 Tips For Better Weed-Control Outcomes This Season
Do you want to plant early-season soybeans? Do you grow non-GMO crops? If the answer to either question is yes, Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal field agronomist, says to address weeds in the process.
March 05, 2024 09:09 AM
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Crop Production
New Water-Use Management Tool For Commercial Crops
Helena introduces Resgenix to help farmers manage the water available to crops and optimize its use.
March 01, 2024 03:51 PM
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Boots in the Field -- Ken Ferrie
Crop Production
Ferrie: It’s Only February, but Iowa Farmers are Considering Field Work and Anhydrous Applications
Before heading to the field to apply anhydrous, firm up what crop you’re going to plant. Growers have been kicking around the idea of going beans-on-beans, given the markets. But anhydrous essentially ties you to corn.
February 26, 2024 02:51 PM
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Boots in the Field -- Ken Ferrie
Crop Production
Ferrie: Freezing and Thawing Cycles Can Help Or Hurt Compaction
A sudden change in soil density that occurs from the freezing-thawing process can cause problems with corn root growth this spring and impede water movement in the soil during the growing season.
February 16, 2024 05:04 PM
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Young soybean field - soybeans - soybean plants - By Lindsey Pound
Crop Production
Court Rules Dicamba ‘Was Unlawfully Approved’ By EPA and Halts Use
Forty million dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton acres would be directly impacted by the ruling the U.S. District Court of Arizona in Tucson made Tuesday. EPA has not said when it will respond to the court’s decision.
February 08, 2024 12:21 PM
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Boots in the Field -- Ken Ferrie
Crop Production
Ferrie: Does Spring Or Fall Horizontal Tillage Cause More Density Layers?
Ken Ferrie answers two additional questions: Was it allelopathic toxins in the cereal rye ahead of corn that caused such a yield ding last season? Will there be a cap to Carbon Initiative payments per farm operation?
February 07, 2024 08:43 AM
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Crop Production
Agronomists Worry Moisture Deficits Will Contribute To Herbicide Carryover
While you can’t make Mother Nature send rain, you can review crop-rotation restrictions on chemistries you applied last year. Knowing that information can guide what crop you plant where this spring.
January 29, 2024 03:13 PM
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Corn
314 Bu. Corn Yield Uses Only 7" of Rain to Score Big Win in Minnesota
David Heublein won the conventional, non-irrigated category of the 2023 NCGA yield contest for the state. The amazing yield was grown with only one-third of the total rainfall his fields usually get in a growing season.
January 23, 2024 04:07 PM
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Boots in the Field -- Ken Ferrie
Crop Production
Ferrie: Farmer Asks How to Use Red Clover as a Cover to Reduce Nitrogen Rates and Costs
Red clover can fix nitrogen, suppress weeds and improve crop yields. Based on test plot research in Illinois, a good stand of red clover can provide between 50 and 100 pounds of nitrogen per acre.
January 10, 2024 02:58 PM
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