Of the many factors that impact yield, two stand out above the others, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. “The biggest factor is water management,” he says. “The second is hybrid ...

David Hula doesn’t just know how to grow corn. He’s arguably the king of corn yields, and not in an area that’s necessarily known for growing monster yields. Hula doesn’t farm in the heart of the ...

No-till planting of sweet corn into a killed winter rye cover crop has the potential to provide soil health benefits such as reduced compaction, improved soil water holding capacity, reduced ...

Corn and soybeans are the primary focus of spring planting in Muskingum County. In 1950, Muskingum County had approximately 26,000 acres in corn, but today it's just a little more than the 24,000 ...

It’s a tough decision that many of the Midwest’s farmers had to make this month: To plant, or not to plant. James McCune’s corn fields in western Illinois are typically covered with rows of hardy, ...

PATRICK: DAJI ASWAD REPORT ON THE THREAT THE DROUGHT POSES TO FARMS IN OUR ARE >> WE PUT DOWN AN AVERAGE OF 30,000 SEEDS PER ACRE AND WE PLANT ABOUT 800 ACRES OF CORN> DAJI: JUST NORTH OF MUKWONAGO.

A proposed $25-per-acre incentive for cover crops failed to survive the final version of a newly enacted climate law, but some lawmakers are pushing to add a more modest program to the next farm bill.

NAPERVILLE, Ill., May 10 (Reuters) - U.S. corn and soybean yields are always a leading topic among market analysts each year, but the possibilities are still wide open before the crops are fully ...

WATERTOWN, S.D. — SDSU researchers have conducted several studies to identify practices that may have an impact on maximizing soybean yield potential. Studies have found that planting at an earlier ...

For the last month and a half, tractors have been pulling fertilizer carts, tillage equipment and planters on our roads and in the fields as planting season begins. Corn and soybeans are the primary ...