Efficiency is key when it comes to harvest, and this has become even more important in recent years as farm sizes increase yet the amount of time to harvest remains the same.
Weather conditions have been favorable for Aspergillus ear rot development and producers should plan to scout fields to determine if this ear rot is present.
An online tool for calculating insurance payments from COMBO products is available, as is the 2012 Crop Insurance Decision Tool, which is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet available for download.
As if the direct effects of Iowa's hot, dry growing season on crops were not damaging enough, the soybean cyst nematode (SCN) probably will be more damaging this year than in the past two decades due to the lingering drought conditions.
Purdue University scientists are working in several areas in the hope that future dry spells don't have the same effects on crops as this year's drought.
A new study answers a question that has baffled researchers for more than 15 years: How does the western corn rootworm — an insect that thrives on corn but dies on soybeans — persist in fields that alternate between corn and soybeans?
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During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.
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