This week ISA’s Outreach Agronomist Stephanie Porter invites you to their summer field days. She reviews locations, topics and what to expect from each event as well as details on how to earn a free ISA bag chair. ...
More than 90 percent of Michigan is abnormally dry or in some form of drought and crop conditions are declining. In this Pods for Profit, crop consultant Frank Marcello will share how dry weather is impacting soybean stands and what it could mean for management decisions. ...
Soybean checkoff dollars are often invested in research, to help farmers get the most out of their soybean yields. In this Voice of Soy, Alyssa Essman, an assistant professor in weed science at Ohio State University talks about why checkoff investment in plant research is important and highlights some of her research projects. ...
In this week’s Missouri Corn Talk, Missouri Corn Merchandising Council board member and north-central Missouri farmer Matt Lambert has more about a recent sustainability trip to Germany with the U.S. Grains Council. He also talks about sustainable practices used on farm to maximize inputs and reduce runoff. ...
Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has increased its already record large corn and soybean production projections. The year-to-year rises are tied to better weather and improvements in yield and the bigger crops are having an impact on export demand for U.S. corn and beans. CONAB says Brazil’s soybean harvest is nearly complete, estimating the crop at 155.737 million tons, up 0.6% from May and 24% above 2022. Harvest is underway […]
Jake Peissig with Brownfield’s Larry Lee at the Four States Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference in Dubuque, Iowa For many farmers, moving to automation for things like milking and feeding has been beneficial to their operation, but Jake Peissig says there are positives and negatives, data management challenges, and there are some machines that need to improve to meet today’s demands. 6-13-23 Managing For Profit with Jake Peissig on automation […]
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures across the central one-third of the U.S. and the Southeast, while cooler-than-normal conditions will cover the West and Northeast. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall across most of the country should contrast with drier-than-normal weather in the western Gulf Coast region and portions of the upper Great Lakes States. ...
When we brought pigs onto our homestead, we began to learn very quickly what they were all about. Here are 5 things you should know BEFORE getting pigs.
Moving 150 Pigs on Pasture for Rotational Grazing ?? Do you want to incorporate rotational grazing into pig farming? In this video, we discuss herding pastured pigs from paddock to paddock using low-stress animal handling techniques. We'll teach you how to set up paddocks for pastured pigs, how often to move pastured pigs, when to move pigs to new paddocks, how to move equipment, and more!
