Crop Production

Fix your micronutrient deficiencies and read tips on plant tissue testing.
What you need to know about integrated insect traits
Nitrogen application is one of the many important decisions growers are making now; a decision that impacts both profitability and the environment.
Industry rivals spar while FCC strives to determine a viable solution
Plant tissue testing is part of a three-step diagnosis
This tool helps farmers evaluate current and potential agronomic practices.
Producers faced with very dry soils basically have three main options when seeding wheat.
Here’s what you need to know if your corn was damaged by frost.
Take advantage of the elevated view from your combine cab to survey and assess the effectiveness of your weed management program this fall.
The dry soil conditions experienced recently over much of the Midwest may limit soybean yields.
Under especially dry conditions, the risk of carryover injury to wheat from corn or soybean herbicides is much higher.
This stubborn weed exhibits more resistance in the Midwest.
Precise adjustments and patience with groundspeed provide optimum performance from soybean platforms.
NDVI mapping and balanced fertility will do the trick.
In the near future, your crew might need one less tractor operator, thanks to Kinze’s Automation Project.
Extremely dry weather followed by later-season rain has left some corn with husks shorter than their ears, portending reduced grain quality at harvest.
Kinze’s forward-angled corner auger cart is the result of Jon Kinzenbaw thinking outside the box and externally mounting a 20” corner auger.
Here’s how to manage a crucial, but often overlooked, building block of high corn yield.
Thicker cornstalks and higher populations mandate careful adjustments of corn heads to minimize losses.
Company releases video of planter running without operator in the tractor cab.
Good grief…Goss’s wilt has infiltrated the eastern Corn Belt.
Keep these factors in mind as you weight the fungicide decision.
Baby your seed corn to help minimize damage.
The practice of counting corn sets the stage for higher yields.
New varieties and demand lend support.
Conventional hybrids offer benefits in light of resistance issues and traited seed costs.
An inside look at the movers and shakers of seed.
Avoid errors that slash yield even before you plant.
The recent increase in soybean aphid numbers means producers should step up scouting efforts.
Independent companies are carving a niche in the consolidating world of seed.
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