AGRICULTURE & FARM NEWS
Managing Anhydrous In A Strip Till Operation
Anhydrous and strip tilling can be a match made in heaven or a recipe for disaster. Seedbed preparation and a nitrogen application are accomplished at the same time with strip till, making it an efficient [...]
2013 Crop Season In Review
The 2013 growing season has been interesting to say the least. Variable may be a good summarization of the year. Drought conditions continued to dominate a good portion of the High Plains through the spring [...]
Put Your Yield Data To Work
These days, combines are capable of much more than harvesting grain. They can read fields like a book. Some of the most important information a combine can collect is yield data. Once analyzed yield data [...]
GPS Soil Sampling – The Basics Exposed
GPS soil sampling marks the end of one crop, while welcoming the beginning of the next. The decisions made at this point will affect a farms direction over the season to come. So, it’s worth [...]
Importance of Potassium in Alfalfa Production
Alfalfa continues to be a valuable commodity across the country. Producing enough quality alfalfa to meet the needs of the beef and dairy industry has been a challenge, especially during the dry years we have [...]
Triticale an Alternative Crop to Wheat and Rye
Triticale had a humble beginning in 1875 when hybrids of wheat and rye were made. Triticale takes its name from Triticum and Secale (Latin names for wheat and rye). As a hybrid, this grain gets [...]