Prairie Farmer

01/07/2024

The answer is not black and white. Agronomists and weather experts weigh in on how high temperatures during the vegetative stages affect corn.

01/07/2024

It’s time for nodules to kick in and fix bacteria for the crop. Here's how to track their progress.

It’s time for nodules to kick in and fix bacteria for the soybean crop.

01/07/2024

Between haying, spraying, tillage and harvesting, Schickedanz manages more than a dozen machines. He takes tire maintenance seriously, and here's how it pays off.

Slideshow: One simple trick also leads to better fuel economy and enhanced yield.

30/06/2024

Rolling of corn leaves occurs on extremely hot days, starting in late morning as in this field. You can’t see it, but leaf stomates are also closing. 🔥🌽 Here are 5 things that happen when corn gets too hot. Pioneer Seeds

Here’s how high temperatures alone increase water stress in corn.

30/06/2024

After you make your last postemergence herbicide pass, clean up the sprayer and park it in the toolshed, is that it? Will you say goodbye to w**d control in soybeans for another year? After all, you’ve got more pressing things than w**ds to worry about.

Make time to assess this year’s w**d control in soybeans and plan for 2025.

29/06/2024

If you’re a farmer in the Midwest, you’ve likely heard folks throw around acronyms like ESA and P**A. What does that alphabet soup mean? And what’s EPA got to do with it?

Here’s a look at the complicated effects of this newly enforced act on Midwestern farmers. Illinois Soybean Asso

Environmental groups have forced U.S. EPA to fully enforce the Endangered Species Act. Here’s a look at the complicated effects of this newly enforced act on Midwestern farmers.

29/06/2024

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29/06/2024

How did we get here, and what happens next? Three words are on farmers' minds concerning dicamba usage: certainty, consistency and choice.

This controversial herbicide faces another round of trying to get it right.

29/06/2024

Some cornfields may still be pollinating in August this year due to the wide range in planting and replanting brought on by a rainy, wet May in many areas.

Here’s a refresher on how to assess whether corn pollination was successful.

29/06/2024

With the rise of resistant w**ds and the dwindling efficacy of HPPD-inhibiting herbicides, growers are left looking for alternatives. Learn how a recently approved non-HPPD inhibitor from BASF offers a fresh solution.

| BASF Agricultural Solutions

A newly registered non-HPPD-inhibitor presents a fresh alternative for tackling HPPD-resistant w**ds plaguing fields.

28/06/2024

Why do crops sometimes die quickly and other times survive? What can you expect later in the season from ponded areas?

28/06/2024

Here are all the tools you need to track tar spot in corn this season.

28/06/2024

Dicamba hasn’t just frequented fields filled with dicamba-tolerant soybeans. It’s also surfaced in courtroom battles.

Right from the start, lawsuits have accompanied dicamba applied to dicamba-tolerant soybeans.

28/06/2024

Automation offers the potential to address labor shortages and optimize workforce allocation, prioritize worker safety and well-being, and achieve unmatched precision and consistency in planting.

| WINTERSTEIGER North America

Finding reliable labor for all stages of the process from seed research to planting and harvesting seasons has become a significant hurdle.

27/06/2024

What options do you have? Herbicides exist, but all exert more selection pressure that can trigger more herbicide-resistant w**ds.

Herbicides exist, but all exert more selection pressure that can trigger more herbicide-resistant w**ds.

27/06/2024

Make every drop count with the Case IH Patriot 50 Series Sprayer. Optimized spray application technology enables farmers to exert precise control and apply the right amount of product at the right time.

| CASE IH

As summer heats up, don't let evaporation and off-target applications drain your profits dry.

26/06/2024

It’s not all sunshine and rainbows. Here’s what the models predict and what history has shown — and how they’re in deep conflict this year.

25/06/2024

While the midnight sky is no longer bathed in eerie Aurora Borealis light, the farm financial impact of this spring’s solar storm still is being calculated. 💫

May’s space weather delayed planting, obstructed data collection

25/06/2024

We're talking shop with Farm Futures Senior Editor Ben Potter, as he shares farmer perspectives on current carbon program details, as well as history of carbon credits on this episode of , powered by John Deere.

Ep. 17. We're talking shop with Farm Futures Senior Editor Ben Potter, as he shares farmer perspectives on current carbon program details, as well as history of carbon credits.

25/06/2024

Demand for new farm equipment plummets as production costs, interest rates rise. 🚜

Demand for new farm equipment plummets as production costs, interest rates rise

24/06/2024

Providing the information farmers need to capitalize on carbon opportunities. 🌱 Explore our multimedia content library with articles, farmer interviews, video and podcast materials, and more to help you navigate the carbon landscape and capitalize on opportunities for your farm: https://farmprogress.pub/OFBTheCarbonCollection

22/06/2024

Precision Planting and PTx Trimble are now united under a new leading brand named PTx. Read what PTx is:

| PTx

AGCO's Precision Ag Division has brought together two brands: Precision Planting and PTx Trimble, now united under the new leading brand name, PTx.

21/06/2024

Prairie Farmer has tallied the votes for this year’s Favorite Farm Dog Contest. Meet the runner-up pups in Illinois and honorable mentions.

Slideshow: Prairie Farmer has tallied the votes for this year’s Favorite Farm Dog Contest. Meet the runner-up pups in Illinois and honorable mentions.

20/06/2024

On the hills of Cass County, Ill., a stealthy black-and-white canine can often be found weaving her way through a herd of Shorthorn cattle. 🐾 Her name is Kay, and she’s earned the title of 2024 Prairie Farmer Favorite Farm Dog.

Slideshow: The judges’ results are in, and the winner of the 2024 Prairie Farmer Favorite Farm Dog contest is Kay.

20/06/2024

Farmers, how safe is your cabin air? Protect your family against harmful chemicals with Purecab's activated carbon filters. Proven performance for every make and model.

| Purecab

With inadequate chemical filters farmers face health risks. Purecab filters are proven up to 11x greater protection, exceeding industry standards

19/06/2024

Plummeting farm machinery demand due to falling crop prices and rising production costs continues to drive down sale prices at the auction block and on dealer lots.

Demand for new farm equipment plummets as production costs, interest rates rise

19/06/2024

Here's 7 facts about soybean flowering you should know (and the connection between flowering and summer solstice). 🌕

When soybeans flower, it signals that the reproductive phase is underway.

18/06/2024

Despite millions of dollars invested in telling our farm stories, less than 1/4 of Americans deeply trust what they hear about food production. ‼

What can we do about it? Arm yourself with good news and with facts, but take the time to listen and connect.

Despite millions of dollars invested in telling our farm stories, less than a quarter of Americans deeply trust what they hear about food production. Here’s what the gap looks like and how to bridge it.

17/06/2024

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16/06/2024

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