Agronomy
EPA-approved CeraMax prevents the soil-borne fungal pathogen Fusarium virguliforme from taking soybean yield potential captive.
The first documented case of glufosinate resistance in Palmer amaranth has been recorded in northeast Arkansas.
Farmers Nathan Neameyer and Paul Overby, along with researcher Mike Ostlie, are intercropping innovators intent on finding crop combinations that translate to a whole greater than component parts.
Gregg Sauder, founder of 360 Yield Center, says the system uses 40% less water then a center pivot and costs half as much as a drip tape irrigation system.
As of January 1, 2021 Sam Eathington, Ph.D., has stepped into the role of chief technology officer and senior vice president at Corteva.
Information from end-of-season yield map meetings can give you the insights you need to make valuable adjustments to your 2021 cropping plans and improve your growing season and yield outcomes.
Plan for a normal crop, hope for the biggest crop of your career and then mitigate the risk of a drought or crop failure.
What went right in 2020? And what are farmers looking to do different in the coming crop year? The 2020 Farm Journal Harvest Study shed light on those two questions with its top takeaways.
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.
Here are recommendations for first-year corn and continuous corn.
Cover crops continue to work their way onto fields across the Midwest. While the benefits might be well known, so are the challenges in developing an on-farm system to work in each situation.
Beer made from rice grown with less water, rye planted in the off-season and the sale of carbon credits to tech firms are just a few of the changes farmers are making as the food industry strives to go green.
Ken Ferrie offers some practical, thoughtful recommendations on whether to select a seed treatment, as well as how to go about making the best decisions on which hybrids and varieties to buy for next year.
Real farmers are sharing how they succeed with this new crop.
Farm Journal wants to help you address your agronomic management and technology use this season with its 2018 Yield Tour program.
Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie notes that in most cases, trenches are sealing well. However, in some especially dry areas he’s hearing complaints that that’s not always the case.
Here are the top five top agronomic tips from Bauer,
N loss starts at the bottom of the corn plant and moves up.
Mike Manning with Precision Crop Systems shares the biggest opportunities to increase profitability.
Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer says maximizing yields requires a complete understanding of the soybean plant.
Trust In Food, a Farm Journal initiative, today announced that SIMPAS has joined America’s Conservation Ag Movement as its first Advocate Level Partner.
“These courses particularly appeal to ag retailers,” said Bruce Erickson, director for the Purdue Agronomy e-learning program.
Farm Journal invites you to join farmers from across America at this free event at #FJFieldDays, a virtual extravaganza.
Instead of an in-person event, this year’s conference will be completely virtual. Because of the new format, its organizers have expanded the agenda to three days and to be of a national scope.
At his business, ForeFront Ag Solutions, Erich Eller is taking particular steps in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With a goal of improving preparing to service customers in the Midwest (specifically for corn and soybeans) Trace Genomics has purchased soil processing assets and opened a soil testing lab in Ames Iowa.
Adam Kramer’s consulting is focused around soil health with an eye on short-term and long-term impacts to profitability.
“We are selling more MicroEssentials than MAP or DAP,” says Ross Bender with Mosaic. “It’s not a fad that this product has become our No. 1 product in the past 15 years. “
Guilette describes farmers as the “ultimate problem solvers and solution finders.”
We broke the mega trends down to five key categories. Here are the mega trends for advanced agronomics.