Crops
In order to get ahead of weeds, you need to know what weeds you’re up against. There are several weed identifying apps available, but how accurate are they? Researchers at MSU have the answers.
Sprayers are being outfitted with new products and configured in new ways to make applications quicker, cheaper and more precise.
Breeding advances brought an era of advanced disease control. The future of disease tolerance will use advanced breeding with targeted approaches that help maximize corn and soybean yield potential.
Use the fall season to get a head start on weed control for next spring.
The 60-plus year-old product is used on more than 70% of U.S. corn acres to control grass and broadleaf weeds.
High input prices continue to be a pain point for farmers planning their 2023 crop needs. Experts say the price of natural gas isn’t the only driver fueling the market as farmers look to book their fall needs.
Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.
Platte River Equity has acquired Tiger-Sul Products, a global leader in sulphur fertilizers and crop performance products, in partnership with existing management. Tiger-Sul was acquired from H.J.
Cold weather in central areas and the Volga valley of Russia delayed the resumption of winter wheat growth by about two to three weeks compared with last year.
Winter wheat planting has been slow this fall and several factors may help push prices higher into the new year.
A survey commissioned by U.S. Wheat Associates shows that wheat promotions are paying off. From 2000 to 2007, U.S. wheat growers invested an average of $10 million per year to promote wheat products overseas. For every dollar invested, growers received $23 back in increased net revenue, the analysis says.
Little by little, farmers are getting the information they need to piece together their crop insurance coverage for the coming year.
Wheat planting is starting to wrap up for many farmers. On Farm Journal College TV, agronomist Phil Needham discusses one of the most common viruses in winter wheat production, barley yellow dwarf virus.
Know the conditions most at risk and how to check for winterkill
Soil moistures supplies in North Dakota appear to be in decent shape as spring planting season nears.
When crop insurance prices are set March 1, zero in on your marketing plans. If prices come in higher than expected aim for higher marketing goals, whereas if prices come out lower be especially strategic when marketing.
Jared Creed of JJC Marketing Services talks with U.S. Farm Report’s Tyne Morgan about wheat exports and the winter wheat crop.
Hard Red Spring wheat ratings in the good to excellent categories dropped from 20% to 16% this week, compared to a five-year average of 66%.
70 MPH winds swarmed West Texas and the Panhandle Tuesday. It may be the final nail for irrigated winter wheat that was already barely hanging on. The aftermath was evident, with drifts of dirt piled up in ditches.
About 73% of the winter wheat crop has been harvested as farmers are accelerating harvest in the north, which has faced major drought impacts.
As much of the Plains thaws out from the winter weather that gripped the country last week, concerns are continuing to sprout about potential damage to winter wheat.
(Reuters) - A worsening drought in the southern U.S. Plains is threatening the region’s winter wheat crop just as the Russian invasion of Ukraine dents global supplies.
Corn and soybeans in good-to-excellent condition fell a few percentage points in the last week.
Andrew Mueth explained this was how he and his five brothers could preserve their 160-year-old family legacy. The family raises a wide variety of lettuce using an aquaponic system that was erected in a storage shed.
How you employ machinery and technology are keys in the Systems Approach.
Bestway Retriever trailer lifts and rotates combine heads or implements.
A passion for biofuel and bioproducts helped this Oklahoma farmer set a new Bonneville land-speed record
Prepare the field before converting to strip-till to set the stage for higher corn yields.
Spend time prepping harvest equipment before storage to reduce problems next fall