Management
Putting up hay can be expensive. Make sure you factor it in when pricing hay.
A hay fire is imminent if you detect these signs in your hay storage area
•Because most fires occur within six weeks of hay baling, be sure to monitor your bales daily during that time.
The radish serves as one of many cover crop options for a no-till operation.
During harvest, time is a valuable commodity for retailers and farmers. If your grain-truck driver can’t keep up, it might be necessary to hire more drivers.
Don’t let those fields sit idle. Use harvest as an excuse to improve your land for future use.
In addition to tillage and herbicides, other basic practices can help farmers manage weed seeds.
The run of near-record crop prices might be about to end, if not this fall then by harvest 2014, analysts say.
One farmer’s success story with a root system that provides a mighty chassis for corn yields.
One farmer asks our agronomists about the timing of applications.
Management stays the same of the fertilizer giant, and operations should stay the same.
Head to the field with Missy Bauer in episode 9 of Corn College TV.
Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie explains how soil microbial activity unleashes phosphorus to the plant.
Having your seasonal tools pulled together can save you time and frustration.
Come prepared for success and you’re more likely to find it