Crop Production
Company introduces three combine heads for CR9000 Series and CX Series machines
Safety tips to head to the field at harvest.
How you adjust and operate your combine this fall will affect the crop you plant next spring.
The articulated combine harvests corn with a 12-row head for 1 mile without stopping.
If harvest has hit a rain delay or you’re caught up with the dryer and have a moment to read this, here are a few maintenance matters to keep your combine cruising during the final weeks of harvest.
What you see on the cornerpost display in a combine cab isn’t necessarily what’s going on inside the combine.
If death by hammer blow at 2,700 rpm is the best way to kill weed seed at harvest, then make way for the Seed Terminator (ST).
Robotic harvest is knocking on the door of traditional row crop production and cotton growers may bring in the first fruits. A massive technological push steered by Cotton Incorporated aims to deliver automated harvest via fleets of swarm robots to U.S. fields within 10 to 15 years.
Beaten by a day’s harvest by rain and wind, producer Scott Flowers lost 200 acres of his best corn. With a 260-plus bushel crop on the ground, it was time to bring in a corn reel.
Corn head adjustments help prevent cracked or chipped kernels in the grain tank, grain lying on the ground after a pass and whole stalks and trash moving into the machine.
A variable year means the managing the grain in your bin could be equally challenging.
With supply chain disruptions, what investments are you considering to ensure you have the inputs and flexibility you need?
Here are a few helpful management tips to keep your herbicide applications on-target and you out of hot water.
Don’t waste expensive chemicals. Learn how to select the right sprayer nozzle for drift control, coverage, and efficacy, plus tips for checking nozzle wear.
The arrival of a precision, pellet-slinging, automated rover may provide almond growers with a cutting-edge NOW control weapon. Welcome to the age of robotic mummy removal.
BASF and Bosch are developing new technology for weed management. Their system photographs weeds, signals nozzles to spray and records the data in milliseconds. Farmers then get a map printout for easy reference.
The ‘it looked good from the road’ trend continued into western Iowa on Wednesday. In Illinois, scouts found a good crop, but maybe not the bumper crop they did last year.
The rapidly worsening water supply crisis has prompted governments to try remedies with uncertain success rates through cloud seeding. Does it actually work and what’s China’s track record? John Phipps weighs in.
Volatile weather patterns are not lost on U.S. seed companies, who are intent on developing corn genetics that deliver high yields despite an uncooperative Mother Nature.
Is your operation in the sweet spot for owning a sprayer? Of course, every decision has downsides (and a price tag). But, investing in a sprayer for your farm could offer a clear upside.
Jeff Pybus is farming’s invisible grim reaper, slaying rats in the dark as he shoots and films for an addicting, no-frills YouTube channel.
Farmers looking to gain the upper hand over corn rootworm (CRW) pests have new tools to deploy in the field, thanks to Ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) technology.
These pests have colossal appetites but don’t tend to pack an economic punch.
When it comes to crop protection, one company is building a complete portfolio.
Lingering drought in California has continued to cut into fruit and vegetable production this season and force farmers to make tough decisions about how to allocate their scarce water resources.
When you go on a 2,700-mile personal crop tour through parts of eight states, you see a lot of corn and soybeans and get a sense of where there will be stellar yields as well as below-average results this harvest.
Driver weeds can vary depending on your geography, the time of year and the crops grown.
In 2020, Pat Duncanson began a three-year march toward organic certification on 100 acres of corn and soybean ground. After a weed honeymoon, weeds rebounded in 2021, and Duncanson brought in a chopping crew.
The early, buck-wild days of hemp farming spawned many a gun-shy grower, but Aaron Baldwin found a sweet spot. He brought hemp processing home and established a corresponding grower group.
Before booking your 2023 hybrids and varieties, reflect on your biggest challenges this year.