Since the advent of no-till and strip-till, answering burndown questions has occupied a lot of my time each spring for the last 25+ years. Here are some of the top questions and answers to an effective burndown: CAN I USE 2,4-D AS A HERBICIDE? Nope. [...]
When small town kids graduate high school, the unfortunate truth is that historically many of them move away from home, never to return to establish their lives in their hometown. For John Wesolowski, 39, of Warren, Minnesota, this is far from the case. He operates a farm [...]
Life was pretty good for a number of years back when you could lock in a profit before you planted a soybean crop. That may or may not be the case for your farm this year. Either way, with market prices down from previous years and cash [...]
It’s spraying season again! The question today is, “What’s on your spray trailer or in your sprayer loading area?” Water and the products you are applying to the crop are givens, but what other things do you like/need to have close by? I’ll share some things that [...]
Can I actually plant in 40-degree soil temps? Is it really different? Why don’t other seed companies have it? These are the big questions we got last year about Hefty Brand 40 Series Corn. To quickly answer these questions – yes, yes, and I don’t know, but [...]
Wade Egger didn’t grow up on the farm, but that didn’t stop him from becoming a farmer. Although today the 52-year-old is part of the Hillside Acres farming partnership near Colton, South Dakota, Wade didn’t get his first taste of farm life until he entered the workforce [...]
Is there going to be a drought this year in your area? It’s impossible to know for sure. Last year on our farm, we were in a severe drought for much of the season, but one of our fields caught nearly three inches of rain in one [...]
Years ago when we first suggested you use 3 effective modes of action pre-emerge in soybeans, YOU PROBABLY THOUGHT WE WERE CRAZY.... Specifically, we recommended metribuzin plus a yellow (Trifluralin in conventional-till or Prowl in no-till) and either Valor or Authority. Now, I would encourage you to [...]
Do you have too much calcium, magnesium, salt, sodium, or any other nutrient in your soil? If so, your soil health is not ideal, and your yield is likely suffering! Here are our general guidelines on some common excesses and how you can get your levels back [...]
As fewer planters are being sold with 2 X 2 or in-furrow application equipment, more farmers are looking for other ways to apply products like fertilizer, naturals or biologicals, and other inputs. Since you likely need talc and graphite for your planter, the opportunity to add things to [...]