Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. continues progress on the world's first electric multi-hybrid planter, with six planters having successfully been used for planting on test plots in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana this spring.
Fox Lake, Wis., strip-tiller Jonathan Gibbs, shares how strip-till has helped save operational costs over conventional tillage practices, while maintaining as good or better corn yields.
Heavy rains, strong winds, hail and even tornadoes leave their mark on fields across the Midwest every year. If your farm is in the path of one of these storms, there is not much you can do, except seek shelter and assess the damage when the coast is clear.
The wet season has delayed crop development and post-emergence herbicide applications in many soybean fields, and there are some large giant ragweed waiting to be treated.
Soybeans use a lot of nitrogen, up to 5 pounds of nitrogen per bushel, but nitrogen rarely limits soybean yields and nitrogen fertilizer applications are not recommended.
Poison hemlock is a problem for both livestock and row-crop producers, but can be eliminated without causing damage if identified in its first year of growth, a Purdue Extension weed scientist says.
As we enter the soybean reproductive growth phase there are a few things to keep in mind. The first is that soybeans will produce flowers for around 3 to 5 weeks, depending upon planting date and environment.
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