AGRICULTURE & FARM NEWS
Nitrogen Applications Offer Growers Flexibility
As with any biological system, very few decisions about production inputs in your operation ever have a single solution. The advantages and disadvantages of the options need to be thoroughly analyzed. Agronomists often consider the four R’s when developing a fertilization [...]
InfoAg – Capturing Innovative Ideas
The first InfoAg conference was held in 1995. In 2001, I attended my first conference as a fresh hire at Crop Quest. It seems like a long time ago, but I can still remember the excitement that came with it. Precision Ag was in its infancy and there was [...]
Sugarcane Aphid Alert
As we head toward the latter part of July, sugarcane aphids have been detected in numerous counties in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle regions and are rapidly working their way north. Crop Quest Agronomists in the [...]
Agriculture – The Pot of Gold No One Told You About
Did you realize that agriculture is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? That question may have you shaking your head in complete disbelief. However, there are people and companies out there [...]
New Dicamba Rules Coming For 2018 Include TRAINING and CERTIFICATION
The long-awaited genes that have been bred into soybeans and cotton to allow the use of dicamba over-the-top of these crops got off to a rocky start in 2017. Whether all the cases of ‘off-site’ [...]
Soil Testing Methods
Tyler Gardner, American Agricultural Laboratory While soil testing is frequently overshadowed by newer and more exciting areas of crop production, it remains an integral component of maximum yield production. The particular methods used [...]