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It’s clear farmers in southeastern South Dakota fought all spring to get crops in.
“In a report that was supposed to answer all the questions, it gave us a lot more questions than answers,” says Jerry Gulke, president of Gulke Group.
Lance Honig, crops branch chief of USDA National Ag Statistics Service, hosted #statchat on Monday to help clear up some questions.
Company executives recently explained Bayer will change the way it markets products to farmers in an attempt to better share risk.
When Spoor turned 16 he worked for local farmers who ”taught me a lot,” he says. “And when I started at Mizzou [in 2016] I cash rented 6 acres from a friend.”
The variability in plant maturities and environments have crop scouts busy looking for diseases in 2019. Layer on the current farm economics, and the fungicide market in 2019 is complex.
The company has its headquarters in Memphis and now operates 54 agronomy locations across Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, and Tennessee.
Too much rain has been a common refrain for farmers this summer. Still, corn needs moisture late-season to fill ears with big, golden kernels, says Olan Moore, owner of High Plains Consulting near Springlake, Texas.
JW Lemons says sustainability isn’t defined by just one practice or concept.
AgPro columnist Steve Cubbage believes this year’s tribulations will spur an accelerated focus on precision services that focus on profitability and economic decision-making rather than be so focused on yield alone.
“I’ve seen T-L pivots in just about every situation—but seeing one with the White House in the background, well that’s pretty much it, isn’t it,” said Dave Thom, president of T-L Irrigation Co.
“Our investment in Farmobile substantially expands our technology platform and integrates automated data collection seamlessly within our IntelliFarms SureTrack platform,” said Tim Close, CEO of AGI.
Federal data shows more women are operating farms in Idaho, but officials say they have always been there.
Around 9 a.m. on Friday morning, emergency crews responded to the Anderson’s grain storage facility in Toledo, Ohio on Edwin Drive as two employees were reported trapped in a grain storage tank.
While the partnership was first deployed in Brazil this year, it will be launched in the U.S. for the 2020 crop year.
For applications on Enlist corn, Assure II can be applied in V2-V6 growth stage.
ARA believes this pilot program would be a great opportunity for younger drivers to gain training in operating CMVs in the private sector
The company says the new biologicals provide a unique combination of two bacilli strains to control diseases such as Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) in soybeans as well as Fusarium, Rhizoctonia and Phytophthora.
Dan Kowalski, vice president, Knowledge Exchange, CoBank, says since 2004 co-ops have been putting themselves in offensive positions to adapt to new customer/member demands and offer greater scale and services.
By taking digital farming data all the way back to seed development, we’re working to unlock the potential for a higher efficiency cropping system in corn.
For the last several months, the grain markets had to digest how an extremely wet spring plays out for prices. But how will the grain markets move with a hot and dry forecast?
The report, which is the first of the season to include silking and blooming data, shows just how far behind the corn and soybean crops continue to be.
Kirk Heinz and Michael Clark of BAMWX.com validated those fears on an episode of AgriTalk this week.
“We created this study to better understand how different fertilizer sources can be combined to deliver more value to the farmer,” says Dr. Ross Bender, agronomist with The Mosaic Company.
Many gardens are thriving with all the rain, which prompted John Phipps to give a much needed reminder this summer as fields are sprayed for weeds.
The future of Stine Seed is one that still boasts family ownership. At 77-years-old, Stine is still highly involved in the company and the research.
Five years ago, NACHURS launched its potassium acetate line with the Bio-k brand. Tommy Roach says the optimum timing for potassium uptake is between V4 and right before tassel.
President Donald Trump tweeted about strong farmer approval in a Farm Journal Pulse Poll while returning from the G-#0 Summit.
“In these tighter times, retailers know they need to make the best recommendations for their growers; they have to feel confident that the products will give the results the farmer wants.”
Eric Tedford with Syngenta says it will be a challenging year for soybean disease, noting high counts for Pythium and Phytophthora, and university Extension agents have already confirmed Frogeye Leaf Spot.