Interests: Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Cover Crops, Ag Policy, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Research Scientist
Interests:
Corn, Organic Row Crops, Soybeans, Wheat, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Sustainable Agriculture, Ag Policy, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Vegetables
Business Title: University Of Minnesota
Interests:
Agribusiness, Irrigation, Precision Agriculture, Corn, Cotton, Rice, Vegetables, Wheat
Interests: Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Vegetables, Rice, Canola, Sorghum, Irrigation, Marketing, Agribusiness, Sugarbeets, Citrus
Job Title: Farmer, Ag Retail Professional
Interests:
Corn, Sorghum, Wheat, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Precision Agriculture, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Ag Policy, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Operating a Farm, Taxes, Projects, Purchasing, Repair, Tools, Conservation Plans, Cover Crops, NRCS
Business Title: Self
Interests:
Cover Crops, Ag Policy, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Interests: Corn, Soybeans, Beef, Dairy, Organic Row Crops, Marketing
Business Title: Pifer's Land Managment
Interests:
Ag Policy, Agribusiness, Cover Crops, Marketing, Precision Agriculture, Canola, Corn, Soybeans, Vegetables, Wheat, Beef, Dairy, Swine, Poultry
Business Title: No Company
Interests:
Organic Row Crops, Cotton, Soybeans
Business Title: Westhavenfarmsltd
Interests:
Wheat, Canola, Sorghum, Beef, Cover Crops, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation
Interests: Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Cover Crops, Ag Policy, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Job Title: Other Ag Professional, Research Scientist
Interests:
Corn, Organic Row Crops, Soybeans, Wheat, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Sustainable Agriculture, Ag Policy, Hemp, Orchard Crops, Organic Specialty Crops, Vegetables
Business Title: University Of Minnesota
Interests:
Agribusiness, Irrigation, Precision Agriculture, Corn, Cotton, Rice, Vegetables, Wheat
Interests: Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, Soybeans, Wheat, Vegetables, Rice, Canola, Sorghum, Irrigation, Marketing, Agribusiness, Sugarbeets, Citrus
Job Title: Farmer, Ag Retail Professional
Interests:
Corn, Sorghum, Wheat, Crop Protection, Crop Scouting, Fertility, Soil Health, Sustainable Agriculture, Precision Agriculture, Accounting and Bookkeeping, Ag Policy, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Operating a Farm, Taxes, Projects, Purchasing, Repair, Tools, Conservation Plans, Cover Crops, NRCS
Business Title: Self
Interests:
Cover Crops, Ag Policy, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation, Timber, Marketing, Agribusiness
Interests: Corn, Soybeans, Beef, Dairy, Organic Row Crops, Marketing
Business Title: Pifer's Land Managment
Interests:
Ag Policy, Agribusiness, Cover Crops, Marketing, Precision Agriculture, Canola, Corn, Soybeans, Vegetables, Wheat, Beef, Dairy, Swine, Poultry
Business Title: No Company
Interests:
Organic Row Crops, Cotton, Soybeans
Business Title: Westhavenfarmsltd
Interests:
Wheat, Canola, Sorghum, Beef, Cover Crops, Precision Agriculture, Organic Row Crops, Irrigation
Published Mar 23, 2020
When you picture what’s happening below ground in your fields, you probably imagine a web of roots branching out to provide your crops support, nutrients and water. But root growth isn’t the only thing happening beneath the surface. Roots are also secreting chemical compounds, known as root exudates, which play an important role in both crop production and soil health. Released primarily from the root hairs and cells immediately behind the penetrating root tip, says an Agronomy for Sustainable Development article, root exudates attract and sustain a variety of microorganisms, like arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-cycling bacteria, in the rhizosphere, which is the zone of soil directly surrounding the roots. When explaining exudates, Paul Hallett uses a quote from the English agriculturist Jethro Tull’s book, Horse-Hoeing Husbandry: “Roots are but guts inverted…that spew out what is superfluous...
Categories: Cover Crops
Published Dec 11, 2020
Hey beef producers, if you want a convenient educational program, the Driftless Region Beef Conference is going virtual for 2021! There will be some great speakers hitting on hot topics for the beef industry, with a focus for those in the Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin areas. Speakers include Dr. Frank Mitloehner, UC-Davis, speaking on Green House Gas, Sustainability and Beef Cattle Production; and Dr. Kevin Bernhardt, UW Madison Division of Extension, who will discuss Building Farm Resiliency for Surviving Volatile Times; and Shawn Darcy, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, addressing What Consumers Say They Need and Want; and Dr. Paul Plummer, Iowa State University, discussing Antibiotic Resistance in the Beef Industry; and Dr...
Categories: Beef
Published Aug 13, 2018
A common concern growers may have when they move to a no-till system is nutrient stratification. Without tillage to mix fertilizer into the soil, no-tillers may wonder whether the nutrients applied to the soil surface are reaching the crop roots. According to University of Nebraska Extension engineer Paul Jasa and Ray Ward, plant scientist and founder of Ward Laboratories in Kearney, Neb... Table from Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska Extension“If phosphorus stratification were a problem, putting it deeper should’ve given you a bigger yield,” he explains... Table from Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska Extension“That’s because the residue was not disturbed and the fertilizer was right there, so it ran down into the soil and the roots picked it up,” he says...
Categories: Corn, Cover Crops
Published Aug 14, 2020
Organic corn is both economically viable and technically feasible. Even though organic corn yield is 32% lesser, the prices are double that of conventional corn, guaranteeing attractive returns on investment (ROI) to growers. Moreover, there is growing technical information available to advise organic corn production. Growing Demand for Organic CornThe demand for organic corn is expected to grow globally at a CAGR of 1. 9% and amount to 1170 million USD by 2026...
Categories: Corn, Organic Row Crops
Published Jun 20, 2018
Will it pay to apply a fungicide? That’s the million-dollar question for farmers looking to boost production on a limited budget. The honest answer is, it depends. At a time when every input dollar matters, here are some tips to help maximize your profitability on fungicide applications. Your RiskEach year brings different environmental conditions, which is why most fungicide sales are made in-season... Paul, L...
Categories: Agribusiness, Corn
Published Apr 4, 2018
The rampant deforestation of the Amazon began in the 1970s when the government of Brazil determined they needed to build over 9,000 miles of roads help integrate the rainforest with the populated bordering areas. As the deeper parts of the rainforest became accessible, development of these lands became possible, and once begun, continued at an alarming rate. Farmers, loggers and cattle ranchers cleared forest to create grazing land as well as to grow highly profitable crops like soy. In the beginning, no one was aware of the disastrous environmental consequences of destroying the forest often described as “the lungs of the Earth... Paulo Artaxo, a climatologist at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, said in an interview with New Scientist that there have been extensive cuts in Brazil’s Ministry of Environment budget and in science research budgets...
Updated Oct 24, 2020
Though most of the organic cotton in the world comes from Asia, Texas in the USA is also a major producer. Although specific growing methods may vary based on region and farm size, there are general principles that can be applied throughout the world when it comes to growing organic cottonEconomicsThere are many reasons to grow cotton organically. The market share of organic cotton has grown from 1% in 2008 to 21% in 2018. Half of this is grown in India, with China (17%), Kyrgyzstan (7%), and Turkey (7%) being the next major producers. It takes three years for farmers to convert to organic farming, as this is the time required for soil to become free of chemical fertilizers and pesticides...
Categories: Cotton, Organic Specialty Crops, Sustainable Agriculture