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Every year at the end of the harvest season, we hear, “Next year we are going to (fill in the blank); we just didn’t have time this year.” Now is the time to fill in that blank for corn silage. Here are five of the “blanks” that need to be filled in before harvest starts.
It’s a piece of equipment that probably isn’t on many Midwest farmers’ radars at this time, but could eventually be a new tool against the growing herbicide-resistant weed problem, says a University of Illinois crop scientist.
A wet spring delayed first-cut haying in many areas of the country, and in many areas, farmers report they haven’t been able to catch up, many saying they’re still waiting to get the second cutting put up.
If you really want to know what people think, ask a child. Children have a unique way of being brutally frank because they haven’t been schooled in the art of filtering their thoughts. Ask any fourth grader and they will tell you that farmers are older, male, Caucasian, poor, dirty and uneducated.
Canadians sent a loud and clear message to their politicians in a nationwide poll conducted on behalf of Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC): Protect our enforced food safety standards and our Canadian dairy industry while you are negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Digi-Star has introduced the NT 8000i rate control system for manure spreaders. The product is a weight-based system that improves application efficiency by varying the unloading rate in proportion to ground speed.
A panel of four Arizona industry professionals discussed the prevalent issue of drought on Monday, July 27, at the Ag Media Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. While other western states are dealing with extreme drought, Arizona’s proactive approach has prevented them from joining the crisis.
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me about the horrible “factory farms” that dominate modern agriculture today, I’d be retiring next year. This is especially true anytime I go home to visit my family in Connecticut.
