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December 2011

Back To Basics Or Magic Bullets?

By Dr. Glen Harris As a corn grower, you’ve probably heard it a million times: Soil test and apply the recommended lime and fertilizer so that soil fertility will not be your limiting factor for making high yields. But do...

Treated Seed Options Insects feeding at or below the soil level usually have the greatest impact

By Scott Stewart No one can blame you if you are confused about seed treatments. There are options that differ by crop and seed companies. Seed treatments target three pest groups: Seedling fungal diseases, insects and nematodes. I’m a bug...

Texas Extension Economist’s Feed Grain Market Outlook

Mark Welch is a well respected Texas AgriLife Extension Economist who publishes a Feed Grain Market Outlook. Following are highlights from his Nov. 9, 2011 report: USDA lowered its U.S. corn yield estimate in WASDE (Nov. 9) down to...

9 Tips For High Yields

Consider these suggestions for best yield potential in Southern growing conditions. The Southern gold rush took off in a big way as farmers across Mississippi increased their corn acres from 340,000 in 2006 to 930,000 in 2007 and have maintained at...

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