Season 3, Episode 8: Welcome back to Pine Ranch, today Erika, Cyle and Jesse the cattle dog are bringing in cattle to sort out the cows that will be calving soon. Cyle moves the cattle using his cattle dog, Jesse. Cyle whistles different commands to Jesse so she can move the cattle into the corral. Cyle had to move a lot of snow from the corrals to allow for the […]
In the fall of 2021, many prominent chemical companies released statements advising producers not to grow sensitive crops such as durum following the application of herbicides that pose a higher risk of carryover due to the extreme heat and drought experienced during the the 2021 growing season. In this webinar, Clark Brenzil, Provincial Weed Specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, discusses the risks posed by herbicide carryover and answer […]
Farm Basics from Ag PhD Episode #1311 | Air Date 05/21/23 - Brian and Darren invite everyone to attend this year's Scouting and Scholarships event at the Hefty farm. There will be hands-on learning and hundreds of college scholarships given out.
We are ready to help reduce carbon! Our teams in Argentina worked hard to ensure the quality of the Nuseed Carinata Hybrid Seed we put in each bag. Now contract growers are getting ready to plant it between main crop rotations to grow and harvest certified sustainable lower carbon non-food feedstock to help reduce emissions by replacing fossil fuels, and regenerate soil.
South Dakota farmers had good planting progress and a decent corn condition rating for the first update this season. Corn planting in South Dakota is 92%, well ahead of average for this time of the year, with 63% of the crop emerging. Conditions are rated 65% good to excellent. Soybean planting is at 81% complete with 36% of the crop emerging, both ahead of last year. Winter wheat conditions declined […]
The dry and warm week allowed Wisconsin farmers to plant crops and start the hay harvest. The first cutting of alfalfa hay is now 33% finished, six days ahead of average. The USDA says the all hay condition is 79% good to excellent, one percent better than a week ago. Potato planting is more than 90% finished, about a day ahead of average. Corn planting is also 90% finished, with […]
Below-normal temperatures and rainfall slowed progress in Kentucky this past week. Keith Tapp farms in the western part of the state. “We would have been wrapped up if we hadn’t had to replant about a fifth of our crop,” he says. “We’ve had so much rain that recently that it took out everything we had planted up until a week prior.” Statewide, the corn crop is 91% planted, with 76% […]
A livestock specialist with the University of Missouri Extension says producers in west-central Missouri started baling hay in the last week. But Gene Schmitz tells Brownfield the continued dry conditions haven’t helped the yield for the first cutting. “I’ve talked to some producers who are estimating their hay crop is 25% of normal and that’s probably not going to be the exception.” Schmitz says the consistency of managing dry fields […]
