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5 Harvest Tips for Maximizing Yield & Quality

September 30, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Pioneer

These tips identify common challenges for corn, soybean and sorghum harvest and offer ways to optimize yield potential and reduce potential losses.

USDA Issues Double-Crop Insurance FAQ for Growers

September 1, 2022

For now, the agency is focused on double-crop soybeans and double-crop sorghum, though they are examining the possibility of additional other crops at some point in the future.

Albert Lea Buys Blue River Organic Seed, Becomes Largest Organic Field Seed Supplier in US

July 14, 2022

Albert Lea Seed House has acquired Blue River Organic Seed, the nation's longest-established organic seed corn brand from the Farmers Business Network.

USDA Reports 22% of Corn, 12% of Soybeans Planted

May 9, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

The 5-year averages for each crop planted in this week are 50% for corn and 39% for soy.

USDA: 14% of Corn, 8% of Soybeans Planted So Far

May 2, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended May 1 reported 14% of corn crops and 8% of soybeans have been planted.

Dryland No-Tiller Takes Top Honors In National Sorghum Contest

December 20, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Kasey Gamble, who operates dryland no-till acres in Kiowa County, Kansas, secured the Bin Buster Award with a yield of 244.03 bushels per acre in the 2021 National Sorghum Producers Yield Contest.

USDA Reports 95% Corn, 96% Soybeans Harvested

November 22, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Harvest appears nearing completion for most staple row crops.

Technical Competency a Must to Support Precision Sales

August 5, 2016 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

For Aaron Wickstrom, keeping his 2,400 dairy herd fed requires triple-cropping on his 1,000 acres of flood and pivot irrigated fields near Hilmar, Calif. To provide silage, he first plants corn by May 1 that’s harvested in August, followed by sorghum that’s harvested as silage in October. He then no-tills a winter cover crop of Italian rye or a mix of wheat, oats and rye.

Transplanted Dairy Thrives with Strip-Till

By Dan Crummett posted on July 26, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Dutch Road Dairy manager Micah Troyer uses a strip-till strategy to save moisture and fuel and consistently build his fields’ organic matter content.

Burndown Options for Crops Close to Planting

April 3, 2015 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

What should the burndown strategy be for those crops with planting time upon us?

Videos

No-Till Harvest Update: Great Yields, Tough Market

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by CultivAce, we head to Amboy, Ill., where Dave Thompson shares his top takeaways from harvest season. Univ. of Illinois soil scientist Andrew Margenot discusses why some no-tillers might want to dial back P and K rates next growing season.

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