Being proactive with crop health can help farmers improve their bottom line. In this Managing for Profit, Greg Thompson with Sentera explains how growers can use data collected, while still in the field, to identify and locate weed management issues – helping farmers maximize their return on investment. Continue reading In-Season crop protection at Brownfield …
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Jun 20
Iowa cattlemen welcome PP cover crop changes
Iowa Cattlemen’s Association CEO Matt Deppe says they welcome the changes to the prevent plant cover crop regulations . “We’re coming out of a winter that forages were really in tight supply, even all the way down to lower quality forages like corn stalks,” Deppe says. “So this was one of those pieces we’ve been working …
Jun 20
South Dakota sticks with dicamba cut-off date
The cutoff date for dicamba use in South Dakota is June 30th. Weeds will get too tall to be affected by the herbicide and weather will cause the spray to be volatile resulting in a greater likelihood of drift injury to susceptible plants, according to Kim Vanneman, South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture. “Even though beans …
Jun 20
Farm bureau members discuss planting challenges with elected officials
Indiana Farm Bureau members are in D.C. this week and a southeastern Indiana farmer discussed the challenging planting season with elected officials. Nicole Branham grows corn and soybeans in Jennings County. “I’m really glad to be having the opportunity to get in front of senators to be able to share with them how …
Jun 20
Farmers continue to face planting challenges
Farmers are facing record planting delays, and some are turning to prevent plant. Jamie Mason grows corn and soybeans in Sullivan, Indiana. “Like everywhere else we’ve been very wet- the wettest season on record,” he says. Mason says he took the prevent plant option on some acres. “We made the decision coming into June 5th, …
Jun 20
USDA’s Barbre, AFB’s Newton comment on cover crop rule change
The administrator of USDA’s Risk Management Agency says the rule change allowing more flexible cover crop usage starting September 1st should help farmers with a forage shortage. “Knowing that producers need these changes across the country for forage needs, I’m just proud that we’re able to make these changes for this year.” Director Martin Barbre …
Jun 20
Pork producers donate $5.5M worth of pork in ’18
The National Pork Board and National Pork Producers Council say U.S. pork producers donated nearly a million pounds of pork products to charity in 2018 valued at more than $5.5 million. They also spent more than 54,000 hours volunteering in their communities. Gene Noem is the treasurer for NPB and a pig farmer from Ames, …
Jun 20
USDA allows cover crop harvest after September 1st
USDA’s Risk Management Agency will allow farmers more flexibility to use this year’s cover crops for forage. Director Martin Barbre says because of spring weather, flexibility for using cover crops on prevented planted acreage for haying, grazing, and cutting for silage, haylage, and baleage has become necessary. Barbre says there will likely be an unprecedented …
Jun 20
USDA: 2018 Midwest land values mixed
The USDA says Illinois and Iowa claimed the top spots in the Midwest for average per acre farm real estate and cropland values last year. Both values for both states averaged nearly $7,300 per acre, with Illinois taking the top spot for farm real estate and Iowa in the lead for cropland. Ohio claimed the …
Jun 20
Autonomous planting
Technology continues to provide farmers with tools to maximize productivity and efficiency. But there are only so many hours in a day. Enter Sabanto, a self-proclaimed farming as a service company that uses autonomous farm equipment to perform row-crop operations. CEO Craig Rupp says his company formed in October 2018 with the intention to autonomously …
