AGRICULTURE & FARM NEWS
Applying Insecticides to Corn Refuges
Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) is a protein inserted into plant genes such as corn, that is toxic to certain insect pests. Bt corn is used by many farmers and is very beneficial to the management [...]
The Future of No-Till Farming
You have a sick child at home that has a horrible sickness. You take him to the doctor and get a prescription for treatment. You give your child the medicine and soon enough they return [...]
Thriving Off Of Precision Agriculture
It isn’t a question of why would you use precision agriculture (PA) on your farm? It’s a matter of why wouldn’t you use PA? As Craig Koehn, Crop Quest Agronomist from Montezuma, KS sees it, [...]
Visitors from Scotland
Some of the Crop Quest staff had the chance to spend time in July with three farmers from Scotland; Guy Stirling, John Hair and David Fairlie. They wanted to come to the central US to [...]
Phosphorus an Important Nutrient for Successful Wheat Production
Phosphorus is a vital nutrient for wheat and other small grain production. In many ways it is even more important than nitrogen. We always think of nitrogen as the nutrient that allows plants to grow [...]
Current Drought Rivals 1930s and 1950s
Dr. Clay Robinson Dr. Clay Robinson was a professor of soil and crop sciences at West Texas A&M for 17 years. While at WTAMU, one of his main interests was the influence of [...]