All about seeds: Our 2014 fall seed edition
Combines may still be harvesting this year's crops, but smart farmers are already thinking about next year's planting.
OSU agronomists offer updated fertility calculator
Agronomists from Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences have updated a fertility recommendation calculator designed to provide major field crop growers with guidance on fertilizer application rates and costs.
Do disease-resistant varieties pay price in yield?
For wheat growers, it's a truism: Plant varieties that are resistant to prevalent diseases.
But what if the wheat plant has to pay a price for resistance, possibly reducing its yield? Is the resistance worth it?
Northwestern Ohio study looks at pollinators
Center Seeds, in conjunction with Rasawehr Farms, is conducting a three-year study with a variety of mixed pollinating plant species to establish ideal habitats for pollinators and to improve ecological diversity on the farming acreage in proximity to these habitats.
Why is micronutrient availability so patchy in a field?
When we think of applying fertilizer the nutrients that come to mind initially are the major nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and sulfur (S).
Prospects for a rebound in corn prices
With corn producers reporting nearly 3.6 million acres of prevented planting in 2012 and with current 2014 crop prices favoring corn over soybean production in many areas, a decline in corn acreage in 2014 seems unlikely.
Mycogen Seeds offer seven new silage corn hybrids
Mycogen Seeds is adding seven new BMR and TMF corn silage hybrids for the 2014 growing season, including five with SmartStax trait technology.
All about seeds: Our fall seed edition
Combines may still be harvesting this year's crops, but smart farmers are already thinking about next year's planting.
Mycogen Seeds introduces new corn hybrids
Mycogen Seeds is adding 19 new corn hybrids to the lineup for the 2015 growing season.
Learn more about emerging technology at Indiana conference
Farmers and other agricultural professionals wanting to use existing and emerging technology more efficiently will get the information they need at the Ohio Valley Precision Ag Conference.
