Trash, stover, residue — while post-harvest debris has taken different names throughout the years, it is now posing new threats and challenges. Growers will agree today’s higher plant populations, conservation tillage practices and better yielding, more-resistant stacked hybrids can benefit profitability, productivity and crop performance. However, these progressive practices create more field residue than ever before. Farmers are all…
You’re invited! The Monty’s team will once again be on RFD-TV, Rural America Live, August 29 at 8 pm et. Watch as Mark Oppold and Monty’s team of agronomists discuss: Humi-Till crop residue management The advantages using Monty’s Liquid Carbon on wheat Hay-Now on hay and pastures The importance of soil health. Be sure to…
As the new year began, North Carolina State University Extension Corn Specialist Ron Heiniger boldly proclaimed 2016 as “the year of the corn” because this would be the year North Carolina would make a record corn crop. Check out the story from Southeast Farm Press, John Hart here. Then click here to learn about the Wheat Trials…
June 16, 2016 | Posted in Crop Protection Source: University of Illinois Extension By Aaron Hager, Extension Weed Scientist Waterhemp continues to be one of the most widespread and troublesome broadleaf weed species with which farmers must contend. Factors related to the species’ biology, such as prolonged germination and emergence, obligate outcrossing, and high seed production, and contribute…
By Bill McCluskey When I was a kid living in Oklahoma we always raised three garden spots. We used a couple of different plant foods on our gardens, but then I left home to become a U.S. Marine and got away from gardening in 1966. I now wonder what our gardens would have looked like…
June 22, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management Source: Penn State Extension By Douglas Beegle, Agronomist Here are some things to keep in mind when looking at potential nutrient deficiencies. Generally, if you contact someone for help or look up the symptoms, these are things you’re going to need to know. First, look for patterns in the field…
As irrigation and other water-resources issues develop within Kentucky’s diverse agricultural community, producers across Kentucky are facing critical, and potentially costly, decisions and might not know where to turn for assistance. Given this, the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Water Management Working Group (WMWG) and the Kentucky Agriculture Science and Monitoring Committee (KASMC) have compiled a quick-reference…
Daniel Kaiser, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, has headed up quite a few micronutrient yield response trials throughout the state prior to the program’s unfortunate de-funding back in 2014. Over that time, Kaiser and his team have looked at nearly every micronutrient from A to Zinc, across soil type and crop, concluding that the best…
Monty’s Plant Food Company is pleased to announce Dr. Kwasi Glover as its Global Research Scientist and Technical Manager. The position is new for Monty’s and will allow the company to expand its global research and development efforts focused on its activated humic technologies and microbial products. Dr. Glover has been an international consultant for…
Monty’s Plant Food Company is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2016 FFA Scholarships. The company will grant each recipient $1,000 to help fund their continuing education. There were a total of five recipients from throughout the United States: – Jonathan Hardee; Benson, NC – Jonathan McConville; Earlville, Illinois – Ian Rudolph; Boonville, Indiana…
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