Slug activity is picking up, particularly in portions of the Midwest receiving regular rains.

With today’s modern planting monitors, keeping tabs on planter performance is easier then ever before; however, it doesn’t hurt to take a break to do some double-checking.

Monsanto Co. signaled that it will lower some seed prices due to resistance from farmers to recent price increases.

While no-till planting results in dividends for soil conservation, it is the bottom line on his financial sheet that convinced Doug McLaughlin to adopt this method to sow his crops.

Uneven pressure throughout the sprayer boom can mean uneven application of pesticides. The first step in sprayer calibration is to determine that the spray pressure is equal throughout the spray boom.

Planters, drills, and air seeders have to cut and handle residue, penetrate the soil to the desired seeding depth, establish proper seed-to-soil contact and close the seed-vee. Keeping these four items in mind, a producer can evaluate the strengths or weaknesses of any piece of planting equipment and make any adjustments or changes necessary to make no-till successful.

In the fourth year of a study comparing strip-till and conventionally tilled corn inder full-water versus limited water trials, strip-tilled corn yielded more than conventional corn.

Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of precision farming solutions, introduced the latest innovation in precision farming: the Integra display. Featuring a large, full-color 12.1-inch, high-definition touchscreen, the Integra display offers the most complete year-round operation control, guidance and steering solution in the marketplace today.

Although they prefer to farm most of their land no-till and the rest minimum-till, Kris Swartz, and his father, Robert, shared a problem with other farmers in their area near Perrysburg, Ohio. When following wheat with corn, they chiseled the wheat stubble immediately after harvest and knocked it down with a big drag. The next spring they'd plant corn directly into the stale seedbed.

Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of precision farming solutions, added the patent-pending SureVac electric row shutoff to their lineup of planter section shutoff devices. SureVac provides today’s precision farming operation with an easily-installed, zero-maintenance solution to reduce seed costs and increase yield potential.