Crop Protection

4 examples of what NOT to do with commercial vegetable crop rotations

Jul 09, 2021

Enough diseases do affect closely related vegetables that it is best to avoid planting them too often right before or after each other.

Anhydrous costs skyrocket

Jul 08, 2021

The high cost of farming: Rising LP and fertilizer prices loom large ahead of harvest (Part IV)

Startup developing new way to boost plants, stop resistant weeds

Jul 08, 2021

Micropep technologies is using a new mechanism for crop protection and crop health that offers promise for disease and weed control

Stronger-for-longer fertilizer prices to eat into farmer profits

Jul 08, 2021

Crop nutrient prices expected to stay at elevated levels for longer than previously thought.

More farmers see sulfur deficiencies in 2021

Jul 08, 2021

How can sulfur application help your corn crop?

Can a fungicide benefit drought-stressed corn?

Jul 08, 2021

Moisture favors diseases managed by fungicides, but with persistent dry conditions, using fungicides on drought-stressed corn spurs more questions.

Sprayer technology advances and so do questions

Jul 07, 2021

Some of the common grower questions regarding pesticide applications still revolve around selection of optimal spray parameters such as nozzle type, spray volume, spray pressure and droplet size.

Fertilizer tender brings new flexibility, productivity

Jul 06, 2021

Heartland Ag launches the first tender designed with a variable-position auger system.

Farm Progress America, July 5, 2021

Jul 05, 2021

Max Armstrong reports on an air monitoring effort in California that may impact farmers

Exploring a new source of potash

Jul 02, 2021

The Around Farm Progress podcast digs in on news of a new U.S.-based mine for a critical farm nutrient - potassium

Technologies designed to help farmers preserve yield and enhance productivity.

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