Seed
Syngenta Seed Care is launching an updated online training module to educate various audiences about corn nematodes and how to protect corn plants from these invisible but costly pests.
Scientists have determined the macro- and micro-nutrient levels in seed hybrids and varieties, which they say could improve yield outcomes and food nutritional values.
If you refer to Bt corn hybrid stacks and pyramids as if the terms are interchangeable, you aren’t alone. However, corn hybrid stacks and pyramids aren’t the same.
Seeding date can have an effect on everything from fertilizer use to disease development.
The key to discovering what technology works and what doesn’t work on your farm is to “map everything,” says Illinois farmer Brian Corkill.
The plant’s contribution from below ground is increasingly a focus to manage hybrids for maximum yield.
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The seed treatment provided visible response in the first, second and third crown roots, with more root mass and root hairs.
To answer questions about the options available for closing systems, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie organized a multiyear test plot to look at the various planter closing wheel designs.