Wallaces Farmer

01/11/2024

A sunny August morning leads to surprising yield outcomes mid October, highlighting the critical impact of tar spot and the importance of scouting, as noted by Dan Quinn, Purdue Extension corn specialist.

Corn Chatter: Expect to hear about tar spot early and often this winter.

31/10/2024

Electrical accidents while farming claim too many lives. Stay alert and know what to do if something goes wrong. Your safety matters.

Electrical accidents while farming claim too many lives. You need to be aware of your surroundings, and know what to do if the unthinkable happens.

30/10/2024

Land rental renegotiations. Property disputes. Finance issues with bankers. Feeling stressed yet? There’s guidance available for helping farmers ease these thorny discussions.

Legal Issues: Land rental renegotiations. Property disputes. Finance issues with bankers. Feeling stressed yet? There’s guidance available for helping farmers ease these thorny discussions.

29/10/2024

Forage testing is key to profitable feeding. Here are five steps for preparing and evaluating accurate samples, plus see if you can pick out the best hay at World Dairy Expo.

Slideshow: Forage testing is key to profitable feeding. Here are five steps for preparing and evaluating accurate samples, plus see if you can pick out the best hay at World Dairy Expo.

29/10/2024

Tired of your postemergence residual dinging your soybeans? Watch this video to see how you can get powerful post control without sacrificing .

| Corteva Agriscience

If you think you need to sacrifice crop safety for powerful residual w**d control, think again. Learn how a new solution is bringing both for 2025.

29/10/2024

The award honors the late Cleghorn, Iowa, farmer, who blazed a bright path as a farmer and soybean industry advocate.

United Soybean Board

The award honors the late Cleghorn, Iowa, farmer, who blazed a bright path as a farmer and soybean industry advocate.

27/10/2024

Did you know that a well-timed fall herbicide application can do more than control w**ds? Target winter annuals like marestail and Italian ryegrass with a non-selective herbicide + residual for long-lasting control.

| Beck's Hybrids

Utilizing a broad-spectrum fall (post-harvest), burndown can help reduce the soil w**d seed bank by controlling winter annual and perennial w**ds and offer several auxiliary benefits to row crop fields.

26/10/2024

Decades ago, waterhemp was virtually unknown. Now, this pigw**d family member threatens Iowa corn and soybean production.

As Things Look to Me: Prolific seed production has keyed the spread of herbicide resistance with this pigw**d.

25/10/2024

Finding the right feed ingredient that adds nutritional value at the right price allows beef producers to background more spring calves. Read more for insight from Gene Schmitz, MU Extension livestock specialist.

Here’s how to calculate cost per pound of gain to determine beef cattle profitability.

24/10/2024

Can you pick out the best forage from World Dairy Expo?

Guessing at the nutritional value of these forages could prove costly. Take representative samples and get them accurately analyzed.

Slideshow: Do you feed haylage, silage or baleage? Guessing at the nutritional value of these forages could prove costly. Take representative samples and get them accurately analyzed.

24/10/2024

Meet Andrew Focht! Andrew owns and operates Paylly Farms in southwestern Iowa. He’s also spending trialing Mosaic Biosciences through . See what he’s learned so far:

| Crop Nutrition

Profitable business decisions drive Andrew Focht on his Iowa farm. He's crunched the numbers to learn biologicals are a profitable business decision.

24/10/2024

Make 2025 the year you get neighbor-friendly corn **dcontrol that is both effective and flexible. Watch this video to learn more.

| Corteva Agriscience

If you worry about dicamba volatility or you need neighbor-friendly w**d control that is both flexible and effective, Enlist® corn has you covered.

23/10/2024

Wyffels Hybrids’ new central Iowa facility enables it to better serve corn acres in Iowa and Upper Midwestern states, company officials say.

Its new central Iowa facility enables it to better serve corn acres in Iowa and Upper Midwestern states, company officials say.

23/10/2024

Fire risk is high across much of the heartland this fall. 🔥 To help protect your equipment during challenging harvest conditions, Bill Field, a safety specialist from Purdue Extension, and Amy Timmerman, an educator from Nebraska Extension, share valuable tips and strategies.

Fire risk is high across much of the heartland this fall. Here are ideas to help protect your machine in tough harvest conditions.

22/10/2024

Storms and stalk rot moved this field up in the harvest schedule.

Purdue Extension

Corn Commentary: Storms and stalk rot moved this field up in the harvest schedule.

22/10/2024

Bill Johnson, Purdue Extension w**d control specialist offers step-by-step recommendations for battling giant ragw**d in various soybean systems.

With PPO herbicides joining the resistance list for giant ragw**d, here are strategies to control this tough pest.

22/10/2024

Seeing is believing. 🌽 When Dan Quinn, Purdue Extension corn specialist, visited the Corn Commentary field in central Indiana, he inspected plots flagged for emergence last spring. His findings highlighted why even corn emergence is preferred.

Here is an anecdotal example of the impact a delay in corn plant emergence can have.

20/10/2024

Digitizing data now will help farmers tap these markets, a potentially lucrative new revenue stream for growers. Landus

They could be a lucrative revenue stream for farmers. Digitizing data now will help farmers tap these markets.

20/10/2024

Farmers are frustrated by deer feeding on soybeans, but spraying repellents to deter browsing simply doesn’t work. A study from MU Extension reveals the effect of popular deterrent products on reducing deer damage in crops.

An MU study reveals the effect of popular deterrent products on reducing deer damage in crops.

19/10/2024

Kramer Farney, head of Golden Harvest Marketing, leads the effort to establish GHX Seed as a unique alternative, selling seed by the acre, not by the bag.

This Syngenta seed company sells Golden Harvest hybrids using a different marketing strategy than the norm. Read on to learn more.

19/10/2024

This relatively new soilborne disease is on the move in the Midwest. Learn what to look for and what to do if you see symptoms with insight from Darcy Telenko, Purdue Extension plant pathologist and Mandy Bish, MU Extension plant pathologist.

This relatively new soilborne disease is on the move in the Midwest. Learn what to look for and what to do if you see symptoms.

19/10/2024

They could be a lucrative revenue stream for farmers. Digitizing data now will help farmers tap these markets.

18/10/2024

Eyes trained through years of examining soybean fields and a copy of the Purdue Corn and Soybean Field Guide assist Steve Gauck of Beck's Hybrids as he tracks down probable causes of many soybean ailments.

Look for signs of disease in late-season soybeans. Follow along as a seasoned agronomist determines the potential cause of this plant’s affliction.

17/10/2024

Do you know an innovative FFA advisor? Nominating them for the Golden Owl Award is a great way to recognize their achievements.

The Golden Owl Award, presented by Nationwide and the Iowa FFA Foundation, recognizes outstanding FFA advisors in Iowa.

16/10/2024

Steve Gauck of Beck's Hybrids suggests asking a few questions when you don’t get the yield you expect.

Here are questions to ask when you don’t get the soybean yield you expect.