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Case IH is rolling out a new True-Tandem vertical tillage tool for use beginning in the spring of 2015. The company introduced the True-Tandem 330 Turbo eight years ago.
Nelson Irrigation has released a new model in its Rotator end-of-pivot sprinkler lineup. The R55A can be used to pick up added acreage both throughout the full revolution of the pivot or just in the corners, depending on site specifics and irrigator preferences.
Warmer spring weather soon will green up your alfalfa. Before that happens, though, maybe you should do a little weed control.
Weeds like pennycress, downy brome, mustards, cheatgrass, dandelion and shepherd's purse are common in first-cut alfalfa. They lower alfalfa yields, reduce quality, lessen palatability and slow hay drydown. Walk over your fields during the next few weeks once snow is gone, especially in areas where these weeds grew last year. They probably will be there again this spring. You should be able to see their small, green, over-wintering growth.
Corn silage is commonly priced per ton standing in the field at seven to eight times the market price per bushel of corn.
Kristen Schulte, Iowa State University extension farm management field specialist, says selling the corn based on its grain value and exchanging the non-grain bio-mass for dairy manure produced on the buyer’s farm can be mutually beneficial to the buyer and the seller.
Four-hundred livestock producers from four states attended the 30th annual Southwest Missouri Spring Forage Conference, held Feb. 25. Farmers and ranchers traveled from Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma to Springfield, Missouri, to learn more about management strategies for forages and livestock.
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DuPont, the University of Missouri and the USDA – Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) have announced a new collaboration to pool soil mapping resources, predictive technologies and expertise to help growers more sustainably improve crop yields through better nitrogen application management and other field input planning.
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