Supply Update
“ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ANY CHEMICALS THIS SPRING FOR OUR CROPS?” That was the question a North Dakota farmer asked me the other day. Here was my response: “Oh, yeah. We should have an ample supply of everything. A lot [...]
April 2022
December 2021
Why Was Corn Rootworm So Bad In 2021?
A year ago this month in this magazine, I told you corn rootworm pressure was on the rise due to more conventional corn and less insecticide use. In many areas, 2021 turned out to be the worst year we’ve seen in a long [...]
$witching Wheat Herbicide$
THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GREAT THIS COMING YEAR TO MAKE SOME MONEY RAISING WHEAT! One of the factors you should be really happy about is there are many newer weed control options that could save you money and do even better at controlling [...]
How to Replace Liberty & Roundup
With Roundup and Liberty almost triple the price from 14 months ago, we suggest looking at alternative herbicides. Roundup and Liberty probably still have a place on your farm, but if you can find other products that will give you as good or better [...]
Beyond the Brand: What Your Seed Company Isn’t Telling You
When you order seed, there often are a lot of assumptions being made. You are counting on the seed to have a high germination percentage and a seed treatment that will protect you from most of the common insects and diseases. However, the seed [...]
A Zero-Cost Strategy to Improve Corn Yields
I’ve been a farmer my whole life. One thing that got beaten into my thought process from a young age was to not fall into the trap of just looking back at the previous crop season and making all my decisions based on what [...]
Grower Spotlight: Building Better Acres
More and more frequently these days, building a farm operation doesn’t necessarily mean picking up more acres. It means doing better with the acres you’ve got. For Tyler Boeckmann and his family’s farm just outside of Waverly in northeastern Iowa, [...]
October 2021
Natural Alternatives to Increasing Crop Yields
When I used to talk to my dad about biological products years ago, he would often use phrases like “foo-foo dust” and “snake oil”. Maybe that’s your perception of biologicals, as well, but here are some things I want you to consider. [...]
Could Carbon Credits be Worth $50 per Acre?
I hope I got your attention with the title of this article because I’m dead serious. I believe carbon credits could be worth $50 per acre for some farmers in the coming years. I will explain my logic, as well as give you [...]
Report Card: Planting Soybeans Earlier Than Normal
Harvest time results tell the story of what worked and what didn’t each season. In 2021, more farmers than ever before began planting soybeans a week or two earlier than they normally would. Here are a few of the [...]