The Best of Smart Farming

Now's the time to determine your carbon intensity score, and if needed, look for ways to lower that score, especially if your corn goes to an ethanol plant. However, there’s little value in verifying your carbon intensity score until the updated GREET model is unveiled.

As someone who enjoys technology, Kaden Sweeney says he's geared toward numbers. New this year, the family operation plans to control the grain cart from the combine for ease and efficiency.

In the West, automation is geared toward smaller, driverless equipment. In the Midwest, major manufacturers have introduced their largest horsepower combines and tractors yet, all with autonomous capabilities.

Farm Journal Test Plot research proves practices that reduce soil disturbance and sequester carbon perform best in a vertical farming system, as opposed to horizontal tillage, which creates yield-limiting soil layers.