Agronomy
Plan for a normal crop, hope for the biggest crop of your career and then mitigate the risk of a drought or crop failure.
Current dry weather conditions could play havoc with the 2021 crop. Take proactive steps now to manage through these conditions, advises Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist.
Here are recommendations for first-year corn and continuous corn.
Farmer mitigates soil challenges with gypsum.
A bad decision with nitrogen won’t cost you yield; it will cost you cold, hard cash.
Cover crops continue to work their way onto fields across the Midwest. While the benefits might be well known, so are the challenges in developing an on-farm system to work in each situation.
Both red and white MOP lend valuable potassium and chloride to the soil.
Is it just a cosmetic injury or a signal of real damage?
Supplying your corn crop’s critical early season nitrogen needs can make or break your yield.
Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie notes that in most cases, trenches are sealing well. However, in some especially dry areas he’s hearing complaints that that’s not always the case.