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Move over waterhemp, ragweed, lambsquarters and all your weedy friends. There’s a new rabble-rouser in cornfields this season: volunteer soybeans.
As the crop headed into September still without rain in many areas, soil moisture has become more of a concern.
Even in fields that receive timely rains, corn ears with unfilled tips may be common.
Recent declines in grain and oilseed prices and the strengthening U.S. dollar might start to put a damper on escalating farmland prices.
Soil type, topography and climate differences make no-till a challenge on any level, but Dan Towery is excited about the system’s bottom-line opportunities.
Farmers head to the field for lessons on how to finish strong before corn and soybean harvests.
The next generation of weed scientists battle it out in the field.
Seeding date can have an effect on everything from fertilizer use to disease development.
Average wheat yields at Missouri test sites were higher than expected, according to the new 2013 Missouri Wheat Variety Crop Performance report.
The key to discovering what technology works and what doesn’t work on your farm is to “map everything,” says Illinois farmer Brian Corkill.