Soil
Cutworm and armyworm moths are on the move, looking to lay eggs. Wireworms, grubs, flea beetles, gophers and voles are also looking to take up residence in your fields. Act now to stop them.
If your soil is sick, there are ways to nurse it back to health. How long it takes depends on how unhealthy your soil has become. It’s worth the effort because healthier soil means more water for crops.
Industry experts say the new legislative package represents a ‘generational opportunity’ for conservation funding and needs to reach U.S. farmers and livestock producers sooner rather than later, starting this spring.
Tending to the fertilizer needs of a field means assessing the past, present and future in order to hit the profitable and environmentally sound bull’s-eye.
A ‘new agricultural revolution’ is brewing, and farmers are in the center of it.
In episode 5 of Corn College TV the Associate Field Agronomist defines the difference between soil compaction and soil density.
Research analyzes how no-till, reduced tillage and cover crops keep nutrients in place
Strip-till and no-till can offer benefits; find out if they’re right for your farm
Study finds a single horizontal tillage pass significantly reduced water infiltration
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?
“This flawed system isn’t due to rains or weather. Unless we have remedial practices and advocate for cover crops, buffer strips and diversity, we can’t solve the problem,” says Former USDA Soil Scientist Thicke.
Registration is open for the upcoming symposium, scheduled for Feb. 23-25.
Whether crops, rocks, fossils or Native American artifacts, Terry Springer is a farmer possessed by his dirt.
Work by oil and gas companies contributes to irreparable soil damage
Randy Dowdy says a gas line company is responsible for major topsoil losses on his record-breaking farmland.
In 2000, southwest Mississippi producer Rodney Burkley heard about a business venture gaining steam in multiple states: earthworms.
Crops don’t wait for irrigation, and now means now when it’s time to water. Solid end-of-season irrigation maintenance goes a long way in preventing problems the following crop year during crunch-time. Before the grip of winter sets in, checks and repairs are vital.
The eastern half of the U.S. is plagued by 50 million acres of fragipan soil. Light in color, fragipan often starts at 1’ to 2’ below the surface and roughly averages 2’ to 4’ in thickness.
Premium quality chicken litter key to achieve yield boosts.
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) announces its new Soil Health Partnership (SHP), designed to help farmers enhance soil health.
Farmers may be wondering what all the wet weather they had this season is doing to their soil and what does that mean for next years crop? Pam Fretwell sits down with Kurt Seevers Technical Dev. Manager with Verdisian about that subject.
There is nitrogen in snow. In fact, snows before or after the ground has thawed can yield some great benefits to your soil.
Soils will work harder for you if you know what makes them tick
Farmers in Illinois might be tilling more land, but their interest in cover crops shows a willingness to adapt.
After several days of rain in recent weeks the majority of corn growing states are officially drought free—and in some cases looking more like lakes than fields. For young corn seedlings, continued pounding rain could compound pest problems and even lead to replant.
Taking a soil physical is one way to find the strengths and weaknesses in its overall health.
One of the contributing factors to our alfalfa stand losses is a root rot called Aphanomyces race 2. The prolonged wet conditions allowed this root disease to finish off already-weakened alfalfa crowns.
In the early 1900s, cotton was king around Enterprise, Ala., and much of the southern U.S. But a silent southern invasion was just beginning.
A well-planned program results in more bushels, less fertilizer and reduced loss