For fertilizer efficiency, the new products and the old standbys complement one another.
By Glen Harris
When fertilizer prices reached an all-time record high, the market seemed to be flooded with new products designed to increase fertilizer efficiency. At the same...
Fall/winter residual herbicide application affords
many benefits.
Wet conditions this spring caused many farmers delays during plant-ing. But muddy and flooded fields did not catch everyone off guard. Farmers who applied a residual herbicide in the fall had a head start...
Many factors make grain marketing complicated and
risky at this time.
By Melvin Brees
Will uptrending corn and soybean futures prices continue moving to new highs? Or are the markets heading toward a collapse, eventually setting new lows? There are market analysts...
University and farmer in-field trials test a soil-applied fertilizer
and nutrient additive in a starter fertilizer program.
In the hilly area of West Tennessee, growers mainly plant no-till corn to reduce erosion problems. Starter fertilizer generally works well with no-till corn...
New technology broadens the insect spectrum to
include corn earworms.
By Carroll Smith
The gently rolling hills and fertile creek and river bottoms of Henderson County, Tenn., form the backdrop for several successful grain farms. Stephens Farm is one of them. Gerald...
By Carroll Smith
Editor
Even if you are not a Rolling Stones’ fan, you’ll probably recognize “You can’t always get what you want” as the first line of the chorus in the group’s famous song from 1969. Since its inception, many...
Southern universities offer tips for choosing the
corn hybrids that best fit your farm.
As noted by the University of Florida (UF) Extension Service, “Growers have only one chance to make the right decision on the right corn hybrid to use...
