AGRICULTURE & FARM NEWS
Commodity Price Outlook 2014
Rich Pottorff is the Chief Economist for Doane Advisory Services, a leader in Ag Analysis. With a Masters Degree in Agricultural Economics and 35 years of experience in economic analysis and forecasting business, we're excited [...]
Choosing The Right Corn Hybrid
Looking in the corn yield test plot booklet and selecting the top yielding corn hybrid for the last year is not the best way to select corn seed for planting this coming year. There should [...]
Topdressing Wheat
Winter chill hangs in the air, but it’s not too soon to plan for topdressing. Today, we are focusing on the why, when and how of topdressing wheat. Topdressing is the process of adding a [...]
Utilizing Feedlot Manure In Your Fertility Program
The cost of commercial fertilizer is a significant expense each year for crop production. But fertilizer has always been an input with a positive return on investment when applied at proper rates, and when replacing [...]
Plan Early For Winter Annual Weed Control In Alfalfa
Mid December through January is the ideal time to apply pre-emergent or dormancy herbicides for mustard control in alfalfa. Applications of DuPont™ Velpar® or Velpar® AlfaMax™ Herbicide will provide control of winter annual weeds like [...]
Water Issues In The Southwest
We’ve probably all seen the drought maps that the National Weather Service reports, and how the Midwest and Southwest have been in extreme or severe drought situations for the last two to three summers. The [...]