Tag: harvest
Claas sets world record for wheat harvest
CLAAS achieved a new world record for the most wheat harvested in eight hours by harvesting more than 24,832 bushels of wheat.
The crop harvest that just never ends
Remember when you expected to harvest up to Thanksgiving? Part of the problem with crop progress is perspective. We have gotten used to early planting, fast dry-down, and big planting and harvesting equipment.
Let’s talk ‘socialism for capitalists’
Today’s politics are dominated by the inside-out logic that doing nothing is better than doing anything. We even pay dozens in Congress at least $174,000 per year to ensure it
Still harvesting his way across the Great Plains (in 800-acre fields)
Since early July, Austen Shoemaker, a 2011 West Branch High School graduate, has been part of a Great Plains wheat combine crew, Schiltz Harvesting, out of Selden, Kan.
FSA Andy: Agency offers safety nets to assist farmers in difficult...
For the 2011 year, all counties in Ohio have been given an Emergency Disaster Designation which makes the local farmers and livestock producers eligible for several programs and special funding.
Purdue agronomist: Soybean farmers should be on lookout for green stem...
As Midwestern soybeans near maturity, a Purdue Extension agronomist says farmers should watch for green stem syndrome, a condition that can trick them into delaying harvest, possibly lowering yields.
Cornell’s new raspberry variety extends harvest
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell's new raspberry variety, Crimson Giant, was developed specifically for the New York climate and can extend the harvest window for fresh, local raspberries to the beginning of November.
Wheat harvest is bringing pleasant surprises to many producers
Yields in this year wheat crop appear to be taking the biggest hit after the wet spring.
