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As weeds, diseases and insects are adapting to over-used chemistries, farmers should implement a program approach to get ...

There are still a few old hay loaders out there from the days of loose hay being stuffed in barns. Larry Shurr, Valparaiso, Ind., has an Easyway Hay Loader made by the Sandwich Co., Sandwich, Ill., in ...

Do you plan to fail in marketing your old- and new-crop corn and soybeans? There’s an old adage that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” So what is your marketing plan, and could you write it down ...

Basing which diseases to watch in 2025 on what happened in 2024 is far from foolproof. Any of the three key factors — susceptible host, favorable environment and pest inoculum — can change ...

What if you could grow corn, drive a truck powered by ethanol and fly a plane with corn-based fuel? For Maple Park, Ill., farmer and FedEx pilot Chris Gould, that could actually happen. “It would be ...

Want to know how your corn will grow this year? Watch the Pacific Ocean. That was Eric Snodgrass’ message for Midwestern farmers heading into the 2024 growing season. “It’s going to come down to the ...

Twelve acres, 72 plots, lots of data. Since 1981, the leaders of Rodale Institute have put organic and conventional field crop systems to the test in a side-by-side experiment to see what cropping ...

The formula for profit on corn or soybeans sounds simple: Yield times price minus cost. But plans made in winter and reality at harvest can result in something completely different. All three ...

I get the sense that a common response to a near-record late summer and fall price rally is, “I sold too early!” That’s a great example of looking back at old decisions. I choose to look forward and ...

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When Nebraska Extension engineer Paul Jasa talks about planters, no-till and cover crops, people listen. Jasa has a wealth of knowledge, attained through research over the past four decades, that he ...