The Power of Data – Farm Progress Tech Forum
I recently attended the Farm Progress Tech Forum 2018, in Iowa City, Iowa. This event was designed to bring producers, academics and the industry [...]
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This article was originally published September 25, 2018, in Corn & Soybean Digest. Click to read the original article online. Midwest farmers and row-crop [...]
There is an app for that…
Over the course of the 2018 growing season, I was challenged to review a few different soybean-scouting apps that are available on both iOS [...]
PODCAST: Flying High with Aerial Imagery
Kris Ehler, sales agronomist with Ehler Brothers Co. in Thomoasboro, IL and 2018 CCA Soy Envoy, has recently had the opportunity to check out [...]
Data-Driven Farming can Help Transform the Agriculture Supply Chain
Originally published in the Illinois Field & Bean magazine How can we meet the world’s food needs while respecting the environment? With the population [...]
Soil Testing: Value of Base Saturation
When you or your agronomist sends soil samples to a laboratory, they measure all the bases—include K, Ca, Mg and Na. And not only [...]
WEBINAR: The Bigger Picture – Analyzing Aerial Imagery
Greg Rose, co-founder and vice president of product at IntelinAir, and Ivan Dozier, M.S., senior agronomist, IntelinAir, explore the past, present and future of [...]
Soil Testing Frequency
The first article in my soil testing series, “How often should I test my soil?”, gave a brief history of soil testing and how [...]
Webinar: Soil Health, Soil Respiration and Nutrient Cycling
Will Brinton, Ph.D., explains the importance of various soil tests and how they relate to each other for overall soil health and productivity. He [...]
Reading a Soil Test Report
Reading a soil test report is a good skill to have, even if someone else is writing recommendations. When a soil sample is submitted [...]