High-tech planters can produce “picket fence” stands of corn with seedlings so uniform they look like they’ve been photocopied. While pretty fields are without a doubt a source of pride, do pretty fields actually translate into higher yields? Experts say yes but admit it’s a challenge to correlate planter performance with final yields.
If you want to see a significant soybean yield increase, don’t rely on genetic improvements alone to make it happen. Instead, consider products that maximize seed real estate and minimize the impact of inclement weather, diseases and pests.
As you start receiving the results from fall soil tests, it’s time to evaluate what to do next. To create an effective management plan for controlling soybean cyst nematode, take these measures.
If you’re wondering how to pick corn hybrids for the upcoming season — after the weather ups and downs of 2023 — you aren’t alone. Ken Ferrie says he is fielding a lot of questions about where to start the selection process. His advice: Begin with yield potential.
