Corn
As input prices climb to alarming levels, Jon Stevens’ decade-long series of input trials is paying dividends in 2022.
How does your planting status in 2022 compare with an average year?
We spoke with three weather experts this week to gauge when the best time is to press “start” on planting, what to expect this growing season and how you can use weather as a chess piece in your marketing plans.
Tom Corcoran, the sumbi#@% farmer, has paid the price of admission and turned formulaic agriculture on its head.
The war in Ukraine will dictate food prices, according to Vilsack: “We don’t really know what the impact is going to be on Ukraine’s crop this year, or what it’s going to look like in terms of exportability.”
Availability could be a challenge this season. If you can only make one application, pull the trigger between tassel and R3 in corn and between R2 and R3 in soybeans, advises Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist.
Running a high-speed disk with gang angles can put in compaction layers if soil is too wet. Same thing can happen with wheel tracks from vertical tillage. Make a soil ribbon to evaluate conditions and guide decisions.
Weather conditions can guide planting conditions. The calendar plays a role, too. Watch the brief video on soybean maturities and why night length is so important to the flowering process.
Commodity prices won’t grow less volatile over the next several months. So, what’s a potential game plan for locking in feed prices? Friday’s market action may be one example of what producers can do to manage risk.
For 2022, USDA are expecting more soybean acres than corn. That’s according to the 2022 Prospective Plantings report released on March 31.
Here’s one way to know whether you work with a reputable seed company. Along with that, it’s time to put out lures and traps for various pests, including wireworms, armyworms and voles.
Spring is officially here – and planting intentions are all the buzz. Here’s seven different acreage estimates for corn, soybeans and wheat.
Farm commodity prices, production costs and consumer food prices are higher than would have been expected a few months ago, according to the 2022 U.S. Baseline Outlook report by FAPRI.
The northern corn rootworm lays eggs that can sit in soils between two and five years before hatching. That complicates control measures.
Scientists expect corn hybrids containing the technology will help farmers regain the upper hand over a variety of above-ground and below-ground pests that current technology is struggling to contain.
It’s in low supply, and the price is high -- if you can even get it. This checklist can help you get the best weed control outcomes from whatever supply of glyphosate you were able to secure for this season.
Russia may suspend exports of wheat, barley, corn and rye starting Tuesday and lasting until June 30, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing the agriculture ministry.
If you’re thinking about cutting starter fertilizer this year because of surging costs, Ken Ferrie has three words of advice: Don’t do it.
The shotgun houses and clapboard shacks are gone, but a child’s toy lingers in farmland rows. Time, tillage and rainfall reveal the sharecropper’s last testament: clusters of magnificent clay, agate and glass marbles.
Combination herbicides usually include between two and four active ingredients and have become the industry norm, as companies work to help farmers stamp out tough weeds and grasses.
Here’s how you can prevent stand problems later this spring.
Corn prices have been surging recently, including cash bids of over $7 at many elevators. What’s the highest per-bushel price you’ve ever sold corn?
HELSINKI, March 2 (Reuters) - Finnish refiner Neste said on Tuesday its billion-dollar investment in a joint venture with U.S.
Combined corn and soybean area is forecast at 180 million acres, below the historical high of 180.6 million planted in 2021.
Here are a few considerations for your 2022 weed controls strategy.
Understanding your nutrient goals will keep you inside the Sustainable Triangle.
A systems approach to weed control can help you prevent weeds and pocket more dollars this season.
There’s plenty of disease inoculum in cornfields across the Midwest. It’s just a matter of whether Mother Nature will unleash the devastation this season that many farmers saw in 2021.