Harvest
If conditions are good in your area, you won’t have wheel tracks or ruts to deal with. However, you do need to think about a winter burndown to keep fields clean before planting next spring.
In the October USDA projected a 200 bushel per acre corn yield in Iowa, with soybean yield at 58 bushels per acre. However, yield reports are putting those estimates in question.
How good a job you do spreading residue behind the harvester makes a big difference in how uniform your corn stand will be next spring and how uniform its growth and development will be.
After Dan Anderson’s cab window cleaning article was posted to social media, a wave of new techniques flooded the comments. Here are a few of the most mentioned methods for cleaning cab windows in the busy seasons.
In South Dakota the harvest is a tale of two crops with big differences in moisture from North to South.
Results are also in from some corn teaching plots planted at the Heyworth, Ill., campus, including four starter plots, a series of sulfur timing plots, plus nitrogen and planting population plots.
It’s almost a rite of passage for a combine operator to snag an unloading auger on a tree or power pole sometime during their career.
This was a familiar scene in fields across the Midwest this season. Not only did volunteer corn impact soybean yields, agronomists say it sheltered rootworm eggs that can overwinter and infest corn crops next spring.
Ahead of the report, analysts expected a drop in corn yield, but not soybean yield — and the market responded quickly, says Bill Biedermann, AgMarket.Net co-founder.
Moisture is needed to temporarily hold the ammonia so it can become attached to clay or organic matter in the soil. In addition, if dry soils are cloddy and do not seal properly, the ammonia can be lost.
“First rainy day, I’ll fix that.” This sacred vow is more than a sincere commitment, it is a solemn contract with ourself, the person we hold in the highest esteem.
There is a misunderstanding about automated systems on harvest equipment, especially grain loss monitors (GLMs).
Sneaky and quiet, stalk rots can take a big bite out of corn yields.
Farmers will need to sift through their production data from this year carefully to see what they need to change or keep the same.
Harvest progress is up, but river levels are down. South of St. Louis, parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited.
More grain is damaged by improper storage than any other reason. Learn how to avoid common problems.
Some South Dakota soybeans are coming up short this Fall, with parts of the Southeast experiencing their driest conditions since 2012.
As the crop nears black layer, you can determine whether it’s going to be the bin buster you hoped for, an average crop or simply “meh.” Ken Ferrie says there are several things to look for now.
The Fed made another aggressive rate hike this week, and as recession talks continue, one ag economist doesn’t think the bearish tone in the economy should warrant drastic marketing moves from farmers this fall.
When taking trucks and equipment out of storage prior to harvest, assume every tire needs air.
By Nayara Figueiredo SAO PAULO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - U.S. grains merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland Co said on Tuesday it has carried out the largest soybean shipment in the history of the Ponta da Montanha
Russia’s Blizzard of the Century Is a Blessing for Wheat Fields
The drastic shift in prices from planting to harvest likely has farmers thinking a little differently about next year’s strategy than perhaps they expected.
One creative North Dakotan is giving people with window seats something to discuss as his tractor carves messages in his farm fields.
Corn head adjustments help prevent cracked or chipped kernels in the grain tank, grain lying on the ground after a pass and whole stalks and trash moving into the machine.
No component on a combine functions independently; the header, feeder house, thresher, separator, cleaning fan and straw chopper all interact with effects that can reach all the way to planting.
corn headers and soybean auger and draper platforms for harvest
How you adjust and operate your combine this fall will affect the crop you plant next spring.
If harvest has hit a rain delay or you’re caught up with the dryer and have a moment to read this, here are a few maintenance matters to keep your combine cruising during the final weeks of harvest.
You’re running your combine and hear the following sounds. Can you diagnose the cause?