VRAFY IS THE NEWEST FERTILITY MANAGEMENT PLATFORM WITH A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD OBJECTIVE... VRAFY IS THE NEWEST FERTILITY MANAGEMENT PLATFORM WITH A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD OBJECTIVE... TO MAKE PRECISION AGRONOMY SIMPLE. TO MAKE PRECISION AGRONOMY SIMPLE. Much more than [...]
SOIL IS SO MUCH MORE THAN DIRT. IT IS THE LIVING, BREATHING ECOSYSTEM THAT ENABLES FARMERS' SUCCESS. In recent years, the ag industry has focused more and more on managing not only fertility, but also biology in order to generate increasing yields. Brad [...]
I LIKE PLANTING NEW CORN HYBRIDS IN MY FIELDS! I get excited about new traits, improvements in defensive characteristics, a better plant structure, etc. Seed corn companies often say the new hybrids will add a little yield or maybe even be drier at [...]
WHEN YOU FARM ALL YOUR LIFE, YOU PICK UP A FEW THINGS HERE AND THERE ALONG THE WAY... 2024 WAS ONE OF THOSE YEARS WHERE A BUNCH OF REAL KEYS WERE ON FULL DISPLAY! Your particular farm may or may not have experienced all [...]
Before my dad passed away a few years ago, I asked him to tell me a little bit about the 1980s and how he survived the farm crisis. Back then, I was in high school and college, so I was around the farm, but I [...]
WILL TRUMP RAISE TARIFFS ON DAY 1 (JANUARY 20)? IN MY OPINION, THE ODDS ARE HIGH... WILL TRUMP RAISE TARIFFS ON DAY 1 (JANUARY 20)? IN MY OPINION, THE ODDS ARE HIGH... WILL TRUMP RAISE TARIFFS ON DAY 1 [...]
AS THE USE AND PROMOTION OF BIOLOGICALS – OR NATURALS, AS WE CALL THEM – CONTINUES TO GROW, SO DOES THE CONFUSION AROUND WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO... Some biologicals have been registered through the EPA for control of diseases or insects, while others [...]
VRAFY is the newest fertility management platform with a simple objective. TO MAKE PRECISION AGRONOMY SIMPLE. Much more than just another ag platform, VRAFY is a service designed to help farmers and agronomists collect and use on-farm data like never before. Since [...]
There were a number of soybean diseases that unfortunately had a big year in 2024. HERE'S A QUICK RECAP OF WHAT HAPPENED, ALONG WITH SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S SEED SELECTION AND SOYBEAN FIELD MANAGEMENT. SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME [...]
EXPANDING AN OPERATION IS NEVER AN EASY TASK... Logistics and labor aside, simply finding acres of good, available farmland presents a challenge for many growers. For Erik Dunham, a 43-year-old second-generation farmer with an operation near Roseau, Minnesota, a central strategy has been [...]