AGRICULTURE & FARM NEWS
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 [...]
To Buy Or Not To Buy
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the $500,000 Section 179 deduction that the 2010 Small Business Jobs Act provided. Under this provision, farmers can deduct up to $500,000 in qualifying purchases. There is [...]
Variable Rate Seeding: Easier Than You Think
Your planter may be smarter than you think! If you were capable of dropping seeds in the field exactly where you would like them, you could expect the plants to respond in a positive way [...]
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 [...]