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If it's not already, it will be go-time for farmers across the country in just a matter of days farmers gear up for another pass at a successful crop.

Your guide to unlocking the mystery of microorganisms.

Biologicals are a significant part of the Seven Wonders of the Corn Yield World.

The seed treatment features rhizobia for nitrogen fixation, a dual-strain biofungicide and the lowest application rate in its class.

The company says this product is built with its patent-pending combination of a co-polymer and solvent blend with time-tested active ingredients NBPT and DCD.

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.

Consider doing a simple grow-out to assess whether last year's products are still at work in fields where you plan to rotate crops this season.

The company expects higher than average CRW pressure in 2021. AMVAC is encouraging retailers and farmers to consider the protection and benefits provided by soil insecticides in managing corn rootworm.

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.

By sharing his agronomic practices with fellow farmers, Swartz helps them identify practical, cost-effective ways they can enhance conservation stewardship on their respective operations.

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.

With a new strategic partnership, Frenchman Valley Farmers Cooperative (FVC) is launching a line of crop inputs with VantagePoint.

“She has an extensive background that will help us add several environmental consulting services for our customers, as well as broaden lab services that address real-world environmental issues,” said Greg Ruehle. 

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.

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.

Ag retailers say there are three main reasons for the increase pressure of corn rootworm in 2020.

Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer says maximizing yields requires a complete understanding of the soybean plant.

Advanced Agrilytics aims to provide a new view and new way to deliver spatial agronomic recommendations.

Trust In Food, a Farm Journal initiative, today announced that SIMPAS has joined America’s Conservation Ag Movement as its first Advocate Level Partner.

What is the future of phosphorus, the 11th most abundant mineral on the planet, and a vital component of every farm on the planet?

Join this recent discussion about the future of ag retail, the economics of agronomics, farm data and sustainable farming

“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.   

A non-selective herbicide for the preplant burndown and desiccation segments, Reviton will be one of the first new PPO herbicide to be introduced in the U.S. in more than a decade.

Operated 100% by computer, the PHX fixed wing UAV will allow Agtegra Cooperative to offer a new level of service to its patrons.

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.

Via social media, reports of damage from seed corn maggots are starting to be shared.

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. "

There are improvements to the WinField United tissue testing program in 2020, such as new email summaries that show a benchmark and quicker view of results.

With 45,000 tissue samples analyzed in 2019, WinField United is working use the 600,000 data points generated in the program.

Here are the top five top agronomic tips from Bauer,

Wisconsin CCA helps farmers connect with conservation

"After this year there's probably a situation now where we can use this technology to push our planting window just a little bit into more marginal conditions," says Ken Ferrie.

Guilette describes farmers as the “ultimate problem solvers and solution finders.”

But stress in the reproductive stage will cost flowers, pods and beans

Following a decade with the introduction of societal shifters such as the smartphone and the adoption of robotic milkers, 2020 could be the starting block for the fastest technological race in farming history.

“Growers are dealing so many companies with very little coordination between the companies. The industry is going through a phase where we should expect to see some consolidations,” says John Vikupitz.

This past year, prevent plant acres soared to a new record of 20 million. What that number fails to account for are the acres that did get planted but maybe shouldn’t have, and what field conditions mean for 2020.