The Top 3 Mistakes Made at Planting March 22, 2012 By: Margy Fischer, Farm Journal Machinery Editor and Test Plot Director The planter pass sets up a farmer’s success for the entire season, and because of this, Farm Journal Field Agronomists Ken Ferrie and Missy Bauer encourage farmers to spend time prepping their planter before [...]

Click here to read full story! Jeff Caldwell03/06/2012 @ 1:58pm Multimedia Editor for Agriculture.com and Successful Farming magazine. It’s been a warm winter in much of where the nation’s corn, soybean and wheat crops are grown. And, it’s been dry…a lot of farmers are heading into spring with a lot less soil moisture than a [...]

Click here to read more! Predicting insect populations from year to year is difficult, if not impossible, so farmers need to be vigilant and scout. Here are five of the most common problematic insects, listed in no particular order. <div> <a href=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/farmindustry.home/crop_protection;pos=180_1;ptype=article;page=/crop-protection/top-five-worst-insects-soybeans-corn;sz=180×150;tile=1;ord=123456789?” target=”_blank”> <img src=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/farmindustry.home/crop_protection;pos=180_1;ptype=article;page=/crop-protection/top-five-worst-insects-soybeans-corn;sz=180×150;tile=1;ord=123456789?” border=”0″ alt=”” /> </a> </div> 1 Soybean aphid: “The most [...]

Click here to view the full story   You have to marvel at the weeds on this list. Despite all the efforts to eradicate these pests, they continue to come back, year after year. To make matters worse, they’ve adapted to modern farming practices and in some cases have developed resistance to modern crop protection [...]