Crops
Improved corn genetics might favor high seeding rates and ultra-narrow rows, helping boost yields.
This year, plan for prevention to reduce rootless corn syndrome, or floppy corn.
With the correct management moves, starter fertilizer can give a corn crop a boost as well as advance maturity.
Using multiple tire sizes for a single self-propelled sprayer is a growing trend to reduce compaction and pare crops.
If this year’s corn, soybean and wheat yields approach anything resembling a normal trend line, farm income for crop producers is likely to fall lower, potentially near break-even by year’s end.
Farmers who use several strategic control strategies will put the hurt on weeds and see payoffs both in crop yield and cleaner fields this season.
It’s tempting to think that a Band-Aid approach to irrigation maintenance can save you time and money. But you need to examine it closely from the ground up.
As of Dec. 10, more than $8.7 billion has been paid to farmers for crop losses in 2012.
Amid other lessons, the titanic drought of 2012 gave farmers an education in crop insurance—and a reminder that it’s as vital a tool in a marketing plan as options or calls.
Because of the lingering effects of a hot, dry 2012 planting season, your 2013 crop requires special consideration. By planning ahead, you can reduce the risk to your emerging crop.
The 2012 Census of Agriculture features several firsts—among them, new questions about land-use practices, Internet access and crops grown for production of renewable energy.
What happened in 2012, and what makes this winter so difficult to predict?
University of Illinois Extension and the Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (CBMP), in collaboration with other Midwest land-grant universities, developed a new tool to help farmers calculate the optimum nitrogen rate for corn.
For more than 10 years, the FarmAssist website from Syngenta has provided online pest, weather, market and crop protection updates.
Conventional wisdom says lowering your corn plant populations will help boost yields if dry weather conditions prevail in 2013. That may or may not be a good strategy.
Unverferth Manufacturing manufactures two series of Parker grain carts: Parker Single Corner-Auger Grain Carts and Parker 48 Series In-Line Auger Grain Carts.
Unverferth Manufacturing manufactures three series of Unverferth grain carts: Unverferth Corner-Auger Grain Carts, Unverferth Double-Auger Grain Carts and Unverferth X-Treme Front-Fold Auger Grain Carts.
Some corn producers will face challenges in the coming weeks when selecting hybrids for next year.
One lesson I learn every year—what-ever the growing conditions—is to respect what a field tells you.
J&M Manufacturing Co., Inc. manufactures three series of auger wagons: J&M Small to Midsize, J&M Large Capacity Grain Storm Series and J&M Large Capacity Leaner Series.
Orthman Manufacturing manufactures Orthman Grain Carts.
Pitonyak Machinery Corporation manufactures Brandt GCX Series Grain Carts.
Unverferth Manufacturing manufactures two series of Brent grain carts: Brent Avalanche Grain Carts and Brent Corner-Auger Grain Carts.
Unverferth Manufacturing manufactures two series of Killbros grain carts: Killbros 1100 Series Single-Auger Grain Carts and Killbros Dual-Auger Grain Carts.
Elmer’s Manufacturing manufactures Haul Master grain carts.