#Plant2026 for Success
You’ve weighed the agronomics and the economics — and now the planter is rolling. The decisions don’t stop, though. The weather changes plans, equipment breaks and pests pop up. Every step plays a role in the success of your planting season as well as the growing and harvest seasons to come.
With enthusiasm from favorable market prices at a high, many farmers are wondering if it’s time to consider corn-on-corn or soybean-on-soybeans. Ken Ferrie says important to understand the agronomic challenges of each.
Unprecedented corn price momentum this fall was driven largely by demand. As analysts focus on 2021, Dan Basse of AgResource Company explains why the stage may be set for an ag bull market to drive prices even higher.
USDA predicts 89 million soybean acres in 2021. Some analysts believe that number could go even higher.
Late Wednesday night, a U.S. appeals court rejected a federal regulator’s permit for dicamba herbicides, including Engenia, FeXapan and XtendiMax.
Current dry weather conditions could play havoc with the 2021 crop. Take proactive steps now to manage through these conditions, advises Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist.
With the big cotton crop that’s expected next year, it’s not too early to start your marketing plan for it.
As farmers look for ways to improve their profitability in 2018, one of the areas many are evaluating is their crop mix.
Thirty-four percent of farmers plan to file prevented plant claims on more than a quarter of their acres, according to the latest Farm Journal Pulse poll.
After a dicey planting season last year in Missouri, producers plan to return to their normal rotations by planting as many acres of corn and soybeans this year as they did two years ago.
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