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By Joe Dedman With increasingly unpredictable weather, new seed varieties and consistent pressure to increase yields, growers will more often be considering the health of their soil as a way to produce better quality crops and greater yields in 2017. Having spent half of my life in the fields and the other half as a…

This growing season has certainly been a challenging one from the very beginning. Many farmers faced disease, weeds, excessive moisture, and drought — all of which have impacted the quantity and quality of this fall’s harvest. A wide variety of diseases had an impact this season. Southern Rust, Gray Leaf Spot, Goss’s Bacterial Wilt, Diplodia,…

Check out this story about a North Dakota church turning 95-acres of soybeans into a real mission field.  Monty’s Plant Food Company is so grateful to have had the opportunity to supply Monty’s products to Trinity Lutheran over the last 4 year.  We hope to be apart of this great cause many years to come.…

This is the year that people should be going back to using micronutrients. After all, to open the door, you have to have the key. As a critical factor in regulating enzyme and hormone balance within a plant, micronutrients are that lock and key mechanism. “They’ve laid off (micronutrients) two years now … People are…

Usually, the last cutting of the season is not as tall, thick, or healthy as your first or second cuttings. Monty’s Hay-Now program is designed to address these issues by boosting the quality of your final cut by stimulating the growth of the plants, increasing hay nutrients, and providing higher feed value for animals. Maximize your last cut this…

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…

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…

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…