Ken Ferrie
Agronomist Ken Ferrie provides agronomic insights, crop management tips, and practical advice for farmers to improve crop yields.
Evaluate your fleet to implement multiple production systems and capitalize on fieldwork windows.
After 40 years in the field, agronomist Ken Ferrie shares his top lessons for farmers.
Sudden density changes block root growth and water movement.
Some hybrids require nitrogen early, some require it late.
With the current season fresh on your mind, beware the temptation to base too much of your 2023 plan on what you encountered in 2022, cautions Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist.
Harvest is wrapping up for the Farm Journal Test Plots. Ken Ferrie shares preliminary observations on soybean planting date, 15" versus 30" rows, sulfur products, corn planter fertility and corn fungicide plots.
Technology continues to march forward and, as Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie points out, managing the furrow has never been easier, as long as you take time to dial things in.
Prepare the field before converting to strip-till to set the stage for higher corn yields.
Farm Journal Test Plots show strong yield responses to placement, product combinations.
Rubber, poly, cast iron, dimple, smooth and spiked—there are many choices when it comes to planter closing wheels. How do you know what’s right for your fields?