A record-breaking harvest of corn or soybeans is built on the foundation of a good stand. That concept is the focus for the 2025 Farm Journal Corn and Soybean College. Farm Journal Field Agronomist ...

In the coming month, we will start to see corn planters, 10 to 30 feet wide, being pulled across the fields as farmers take on the task of getting seeds into soil in preparation for the fall harvest.

Meters and seed plates: Inspect vacuum seals and brushes, and confirm that the correct seed disks, knockouts, and double eliminators are installed for your crop. For finger-pickup planters, ensure the ...

As corn growers are evaluating pollination, more reports of problems resulting from the “overly tight tassel wrap” phenomenon are trickling in from farmers and agronomists, with pictures and ...

Corn planters are closing in on the finish line in Southeast Nebraska. Builders of a $175 million electrical transmission line from Columbus to Lincoln are not. That means Seward area farmer A.J.

In the old days of corn planting, farmers sometimes slipped an empty seed sack over a fence post at the far end of the field, lined up the tractor muffler on the post, and used that means to achieve ...

WESTFIELD, Iowa | Chuck Utesch, of Akron, Iowa, began his 40th crop year in a field east of the Big Sioux River six miles south of Westfield on Monday morning. The start? Ominous. Utesch shook his ...