Corn
After last summer, a lot of farmers are asking David Thompson whether they should stick with the same corn plant populations in 2013.
Our hands-on Corn College Planter Clinics can change how you put your crop in the ground -- and lock in top yields.
Fungicides aren’t able to save corn plants on the brink of death, but they can prevent and control diseases and improve corn plant health.
Louis Nigg, a South Dakota farmer, shares why he thinks Farm Journal’s Planter Clinics are valuable, and what he expects for the future of farming.
Improved corn genetics might favor high seeding rates and ultra-narrow rows, helping boost yields.
This year, plan for prevention to reduce rootless corn syndrome, or floppy corn.
Farmers who use several strategic control strategies will put the hurt on weeds and see payoffs both in crop yield and cleaner fields this season.
Conventional wisdom says lowering your corn plant populations will help boost yields if dry weather conditions prevail in 2013. That may or may not be a good strategy.
The future of soybeans is in doubt as the profit and yield spreads between the two crops increase.
While carryover nutrients may be available to crops next spring, one expert predicts that high crop prices for corn and soybeans will also play a major role in farmers’ nutrient use.