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Peter Blezard believes the most significant technological leap in agriculture for 100 years is waiting on the cusp of farmland -- nitrogen fixation. If he’s correct, agriculture may have an opportunity to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use by 50% in all major global food crops within a decade.

An unprecedented scale of seed information is available to growers. Rolling back the curtain on seed performance is no longer the sole realm of breeders and scientists, but is wide open for growers and agronomists.

It’s a weather package delivered right to a grower’s doorstep.

Timing and location are crucial when applying phosphorus to crops. Depending on soil type and condition, application should parallel plant needs to utilize space and tools available.

Good data is the cornerstone of zone management. Management zones must be identified and not created, advised presenter Isaac Ferrie at the 2015 Farm Journal Corn College in Heyworth, Ill.

What’s around the bend for precision agriculture? A new information-packed report from the Context Network carries significant implications for growers, retailers, industry professionals, and ag companies.

Granular, a software and analytics company that provides a farm management platform for farmers, is one company leading the charge to offer producers new software tools.

Neonicotinoid loss would carry mammoth consequences for farmers

When buying seed, yield potential, disease resistance and stress tolerance are top of mind. Seed companies also add seed purity to that list.

Pod-heavy fields a marriage of research and farmer innovation