Since U.S. farm income is down, that means TILE PROJECTS will likely be fewer than normal this fall and next spring. IF YOU HAVE THE CAPITAL TO INSTALL TILE, NOW COULD BE A GREAT TIME TO GET SOME BARGAINS ON TILE AND INSTALLATION! [...]
Fall burndown applications have been popular for a long time, but there is a growing trend to move soil residual herbicide use to the fall season, as well, especially before planting corn or soybeans. THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MOST NOTABLY IN AREAS WHERE TILLAGE [...]
AS OPERATIONS CONTINUE TO DIVERSIFY, MANY FARMERS ARE EXPLORING NEW WAYS TO PROFITABLY GENERATE MORE YIELD WITH WHEAT AND SMALL GRAINS. Seed, fertility, and herbicide recommendations are critical to success, but Naturals products bring significant potential opportunities for positive ROI. Planter box products, [...]
PREPAYING IN APRIL WILL SAVE YOU MONEY VERSUS BUYING YOUR PRODUCTS IN-SEASON! Are you on the fence about your soybean trait package for next year? Are you waiting to see if dicamba will be labeled again in 2026? I’ll address that [...]
WHEN IT COMES TO CROP YIELDS, NOT EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS... But Mark Prinz is always working hard to make his family farm better. Mark, 39, is a fifth-generation farmer from Coupland, which lies just northeast of Austin in the rolling hills [...]
YOU WANT MORE TIME... IT'S THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T BUY, RIGHT? NOW YOU CAN. You want higher corn yields and less lodging, and you want your soybean yields to be better, as well. HERE'S HOW HEFTY BRAND 40 SERIES CORN CAN HELP [...]
I'VE BEEN A HUGE BELIEVER IN PULLING SOIL TESTS RIGHT BEHIND THE COMBINE, BUT NOW SPRING IN-CROP SOIL TESTING IS A VERY VIABLE OPTION HERE'S WHY... VRAFY MAKES THIS POSSIBLE, IN MY OPINION. VISIT THE [...]
Hail almost always seems WAY WORSE than it really is... We have some hail on our farm almost every year. The first second I look at it, it always feels terrible. After all that hard work and all the dollars we’ve put into the crop, [...]
Soybean varieties from the Group 4’s down to the 000’s are INDETERMINATE varieties.INDETERMINATE varieties continue vegetative growth even after reproductive growth (flowering) has begun. DETERMINATE soybeans (Group 5’s and later) grown in the South have vegetative growth first, then they do the reproductive growth. [...]
When you raise a crop, that crop experiences two types of stresses...BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO STRESS TYPES, AND HOW DO YOU BEST MITIGATE EACH? WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO STRESS TYPES, AND HOW DO [...]