Crops
Hiring a spray plane for late-season fungicide or insecticide applications reduces the workload on farmers but comes with additional responsibilities.
As the weeks continue to rush by, corn yield potential continues to fall.
Much of soybean yield is based on environmental conditions, but there are things you can do to help maximize your yield when those conditions are right.
It’s purple. It’s plentiful and it’s a weed. Henbit is invading farm fields. Read more…
Work now to control winter weeds; Weed scouting benefits future generations; Bayer CropScience announces its purchase of Hornbeck Seed Company Inc.
Regularly scout fields to stay ahead of quality-robbing weeds, insects and diseases.
Integrated approach approved for SmartStax for 2012.
Across the Eastern Corn Belt last week, tiling machines were going full speed as farmers work to improve drainage, add value to their land and hopefully get in the field earlier.
From the ground and from the air, the Farm Journal Test Plots unveil the potential of the latest tech tools.
Irrigation calibration ensures center pivots apply water evenly and in the right amount.
Two modes of action combine to make Capreno a new one pass candidate for the 2011 season.
Using new technology requires understanding how one process affects others.
Richard Cooper says to look for varieties that respond to preferred row width and field environment.
A general knowledge about weed biology and understanding how herbicides work is important to preserving herbicide technology.
Mix No-Till and Rotations to Store More Precipitation; Nitrogen Crop Sensors for Wheat
Farm Journal agronomists are ready with solutions and information.
Controlled drainage stores water during dry months, keeps nitrogen and phosphorus from runoff.
Worried about weeds? Tell us what you’re experiencing in the field.
“Winter-kill is not the same thing as freeze damage that we occasionally experience in March and April after wheat has broken dormancy and has entered the reproduction stage of development (jointing),” said Dr. Brent Bean, AgriLife Extension agronomist.
USDA grant funds pest control research; Fungi could curb grasshopper populations; Give up the gluten; Bayer bulks up; Monsanto advances high-yielding wheat projects