Agronomy Corner

Harvest is a great time to analyze the past growing season and review what you did or didn’t do to make it a success.  Whether the weather was good or bad, whether you had a great crop or a crop that was not so great, you played a big part in the results. Take aContinue Reading

As harvest approaches, farmers start looking more closely at their crops and how they’re likely to yield once their combines roll. They begin to notice certain things that impact the crop in each field during the growing season, which are now visible as the crop matures. Stalk quality, disease levels, plant health, drought tolerance, andContinue Reading

Some of the variables we are seeing based on planting dates and maturity: The late April planted beans tend to have nodes at the bottom of the plant that are barren or sparse which is not typical for April beans The nodes are close together which is good The late April planting tends to haveContinue Reading

We got off to the best start I’ve seen in over 30 years. Most growers were patient, waiting to plant until soil conditions were right. Post planting scores on our bushels per 1000 plant system showed it; averaging 7.3 to 8 bushels per 1000 consistently. Those are also some of the best scores we’ve seenContinue Reading

As farmers, we have a lot of decisions to make when growing a crop. That’s why many growers develop a cropping plan 6-8 months before the production season ever starts. It allows those farmers to simply follow the plan without having to make decisions on the growing crop during the season. The problem is, variableContinue Reading

Sometimes we as farmers forget that the number one factor involved in supporting a crop is supporting the soil. Our job as farmers is to support the soil, while the soil supports the plant, and the plant supports us. That makes the soil an essential element in every farmer’s livelihood. The soil supports all kindsContinue Reading

We are seeing so many positive things from growers who took extra time this spring getting their crop planted. We all had the same dreaded feeling of being behind schedule and wanting to go faster.   But when I look around at many of my customer’s fields I can see that those who had “patience atContinue Reading

As a farmer, I’ve done my share of worrying. I mean, it’s hard not to, right? There are so many uncontrollables in farming that I’ve often found myself worrying about things, even though I knew I had no control over them. There’s a lot at stake in farming today. Something on the farm or inContinue Reading