Planting wrapped up over the Memorial Day weekend for a southwest Iowa farmer. Duane Aistrope says he’s pleased with his corn emergence. “The stuff we planted early looks really good. It’s starting to get its nitrogen and it’s getting a little better green color to it.” He tells Brownfield he will be scouting for crop diseases throughout the growing season. “Fungicides will be coming up here before I’m ready for […]
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Will Robinson will be on the road for the Illinois Soybean Media Tour June 28-29, 2022 with five stops in eastern and central Illinois: Augusta, Roseville, Groveland, Chandlerville and Virden. ...
Missouri Soybeans research and agronomy director Eric Oseland is working to showcase new farm technology at Missouri Soybean Bay Farm Research Facility. Eric says they want to utilize Bay Farm as a smart farm approach and be able to test new technologies before the farmer takes on the risk of purchasing the new technology. Learn more at mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean growers and their checkoff. ...
Despite delays across some growing regions of the U.S., many farmers are moving into the post-herbicide application season. Enlist field specialist Tony Goede (GAY-dee) says crop responses can vary, especially with tank mixes. He tells Brownfield there are distinct ways to differentiate symptomologies of dicamba and 2,4-D injury in soybeans, for example. ...
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At Ewetopia Farms, it is time for our lambs to start heading to new homes now that they are weaned and eating well on their own. Today, we had a Suffolk ram lamb go to his new home where he will become a flock sire. He was a big boy to get loaded onto the trailer.
May 25 and looking like it could be the last day of planting corn and the weather looks good until later and it starts to rain so let see if we can finish up.
Learn how Melissa Duncan, Digital Integration Specialist uses Climate FieldView’s™ field health imagery and yield analysis tools to show how a fungicide application of Delaro® Complete yielded higher than the untreated check.
The CFFO has joined several agricultural and conservation organizations to launch a new initiative called Soil For Life. The goal of Soil For Life is to provide a framework for discussions about soil and methods for managing it.
