Crops
Kelli Bassett, Pioneer area agronomist, gives an update on pest and weed pressures in central Illinois as well as an update on the region’s wheat crop.
A backhoe, shovel and tile probe can reveal your corn crop’s hidden yield barriers.
Reports from the first day of the Hard Winter Wheat Tour show the highest expected yields in the past decade.
The success of much of the central and southern Kansas wheat crop will depend on rain.
Priaxor for soybeans and Merivon for certain specialty crops give farmers another disease control option.
The Farm Journal Test Plot crews evaluate different sidedress systems for feeding corn nitrogen.
The Wheat Quality Council’s 2012 Hard Winter Wheat Tour is on tap to record a healthy crop.
In this weekly Pest Watch update, you’ll learn the danger of letting black cutworms feed in your fields.
AgDay reporter Tyne Morgan visits a farmer in northwest Illinois who finally got the green light to plant in this stop on the I-80 Planting Tour.
Farmers in much of the eastern Corn Belt are just now revving up to plant their 2012 corn crop.
Scout your fields now because insects could appear earlier than normal.
A warmer-than-normal fall may contribute to higher insect populations in your on-farm storage systems.
Scouting fields for weeds, disease and pests is one of the best investments you can make during the growing season.
With the crop so far ahead of schedule, growers should have a better window to plant no-till corn or soybeans immediately following wheat harvest.
Farm Journal traveled to Brazil this winter, covering 2,200 miles for a firsthand look at a new definition of big.
Warm weather might have you tilling fields earlier than normal, but a Purdue Extension agronomist cautions against tilling more than necessary.
Keep tillage minimal this spring to conserve soil moisture and maintain residue on the soil surface.
Use these strategies to build a foundation for maximum yields.
Proper storage and handling is important when using a soybean inoculant.
As spring planting season approaches, growers should be aware that one of the best ways to manage soybean disease is to plant the right varieties.
New research finds that pigweed can be managed using a rye cover crop.
Wheat growers now have the opportunity to control key grass and broadleaf weeds in one new product: Huskie Complete herbicide.
See the soil moisture maps generated every Tuesday by the National Drought Mitigation Center.
Herbicide-resistant weeds have been proliferating in southern Missouri. Farmers there have resorted to hand-removal, opening a new job market for migrant workers.
In the Missouri Bootheel, migrants come for the peaches, stay for the cotton and pick melons in between.
Apply the right herbicide at the right time to slam the door on resistant weeds and kick up yield.
Some seed corn can germinate and thrive in cold, wet spring soils. Some can’t.
For 2012, crops planted after a cover crop in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan or Ohio are insurable as long as the cover crop is killed on or before June 5.