AGCO, Your Agriculture Company (NYSE:AGCO), announced today a new customer support resource, the Fuse Contact Center, to assist customers with setup, calibration and operation of AGCO precision agriculture and machine communication technology products.

Nematodes are often talked about in a quiet fearful voice. The image of the small microscopic worms can bring grown men to their knees. Unfortunately like many things in our world, a few? apples have ruined the entire bushel.

We have fielded a number of calls from folks who believe they are seeing more metribuzin injury on wheat this fall than in previous years. I rated metribuzin tolerance in a number of county wheat trials scattered across West Tennessee to help address this question.

Planting soybean cyst nematode (SCN) varieties is one of the most effective tactics for managing the most important pathogen of soybeans. However, SCN-resistant varieties are not all created equal. You should consider the following characteristics when selecting SCN resistant varieties for your fields:

Soybean producers should utilize several sources of information when selecting soybean cyst nematode (SCN)-resistant varieties. The article What To Consider When Selecting SCN-Resistant Varieties shares the four characteristics producers should keep in mind when choosing varieties with SCN resistance.

There are a few changes to cover crop rules on the summer fallow crop insurance policy.

No-till producer Jerry Perkins of Worthington, Minn., said its been a long, lonely journey. His counterpart across the border, Al Miron, said he would quit farming before he would quit no-till on his farm near Crooks, S.D. He has run a no-till operation with a partner in that area of rolling hills for about 25 years.

Cover crops are planted in the fall and stay on fields over the winter, covering the ground with foliage and holding soil in place with their roots. These assets help to slow soil erosion and reduce nitrate leaching, thereby improving water quality. They also improve soil health and productivity and suppress weeds. Many farmers are seeking management advice about implementing cover crops into their corn-soybean rotations.

About 30% of the major global cereal crops rice, wheat and corn may have reached their maximum possible yields in farmers' fields, according to UNL research. These findings raise concerns about efforts to increase food production to meet growing global populations.

Poultry litter can provide a significant and important supply of nutrients for crop production in areas where a supply of litter is available. Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma rank among the largest producers of poultry in the U.S.