Crop Production

Input costs are high across the board this year. In leu of low glyphosate availability and increasing costs, whispers of an alternative have trickled down to Bayer’s research and development team.
Here are a few considerations for your 2022 weed controls strategy.
Play the long game; draw up a plan that pays.
Understanding your nutrient goals will keep you inside the Sustainable Triangle.
Take time during the pre-season to think things through.
Pesticide and seed producer Bayer said on Monday a supplier of an ingredient for its widely used herbicide glyphosate has run into technical problems which may hamper Bayer’s output of the product in the short term.
Far from formulaic, every grower’s approach to preplanting chemical application is contingent on specific circumstances, but a common thread remains: Hit the window or pay a price.
Machinery drives input efficiency
A federal judge on Friday blocked for now the Biden administration from restoring Obama-era values for calculating the cost of climate change in the government’s permitting, investment and regulatory decisions.
In 2021, the first year the program was made available, producers enrolled 12.2 million acres of cover crops in PCCP, capturing a collective $59.5 million in premium subsidies.
A systems approach to weed control can help you prevent weeds and pocket more dollars this season.
Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie shares what he’s learned through the years to add on bushels.
Consider these crop insurance products for 2022.
What happens when Dog the Bounty Hunter, agriculture, tomatoes, pickles, worms, survival bunkers, miracle juice, and a bizarre flimflam man get dumped in cauldron? Welcome to a swindle and chase for the ages.
For 142 years, a secret seed society at Michigan State University has uncovered one of the world’s oldest science experiments, answering how long weed seeds remain viable. Today, one weed species continues to sprout.
Evaluate cropping choices on physical, natural and human factors.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use $732 million in federal infrastructure funding to modernize a lock and dam on the Upper Mississippi River crucial for shipping grain and soybeans to export markets.
When we think of carbon credits, we often think of renewable energy markets like wind, solar and electric vehicles. Hemp is proven to absorb more CO2 per acre than any forest or commercial crop.
Despite many challenges in 2021, U.S. corn and soybean yields topped those of 2020.
A video roundup of today’s news from AgDay.
Your daily weather forecast from AgDay Meteorologist Matt Yarosewick.
Tree-of-Heaven is an invasive species, but now researchers may have found a way to control it.
By Stephanie Kelly Jan 10 (Reuters) - The U.S.
China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday it will continue to impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on imports of distillers grains (DDGS) from the United States during a review period.
The consistent increase in the number of herbicide-resistant weeds globally has been a major thorn in the side of the agriculture sector for decades.
Here’s a look at three products manufacturers plan to market for weed control in the near term.
This year marked some intense challenges and opportunities for farmers. Enjoy this look back at the key issues and opportunities farmers faced.
As California farmers’ try to battle back from extreme drought, hope is coming in the form of snow. The state’s average snow water equivalent percentage of snowpack jumped from 19% on December 10 to 98% today.
In 2020, this segment of the food industry grew by over 10%. In fact, the growth over the past decade has been 10% compounded annually. Should you have a part in the growing trend?
Residents in eight states are still picking up following what’s now been deemed the deadliest December tornado in history. Farmers in Tennessee are humbled by help from friends and strangers.
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