AGRICULTURE & FARM NEWS
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 [...]
Rootworm Control Can Be Complicated
The dynamics of managing rootworm larvae and adults has changed tremendously the past 10 to 15 years. Before the onset of Bt Corn Rootworm (CRW) genetics, before the practice of controlling adults (beetle bombing) for [...]
Good Weed Control is NOT Just about the Herbicide
During the growing season, there are numerous (too many) opportunities to treat weeds post-emerge – both in crop and on summer fallow ground. It is important to keep a few things in mind to insure [...]
Precision Ag Drone Images: The True Big Data
Precision Ag, drone images, UAVs and big data are terms that you will see in nearly every farm magazine available. These terms have become such popular topics that they are even showing up in main [...]
Consider Haylage for First Cutting Alfalfa
First cutting of alfalfa is typically the highest yielding cutting of the season. Normally, first cutting also has the lowest relative feed value (RFV) of the season. It has the coarsest stems, prone to more [...]