Be Prudent about improvements
Does the cropland you rent need tiling, limestone, conservation structures or other long-term improvements? If you're
Music Man
Duffy Morton planned to be a high school band teacher. Instead, he took over the family farm after his father died
Ethanol's Growing Pains
The ethanol boom is bringing higher crop prices and bigger farm profits. It's also causing growing pains, as the grain
Dare To Share
Iowa farmers Roger Zylstra and Bryce Engbers have a simple formula for efficiency: they share. Engbers and Zylstra have
Meet Your Next Tank Of Gas
Someday, your car might run on oline. Grasses are among the most promising new energy crops. Miscanthus, sorghum and
Attack Of The Aphid-Eaters
When soybean aphids first invaded North America about seven years ago, the pests had a field day: environmental
'Blog'riculture
The Internet's vast storehouse of information is an incredible resource for farmers, says Chris Hausman, who raises
They Work Together
You could call it a May-December relationship. Minnesota farmers Jere and Curt Ettesvold are nearing retirement age.
Too Good To Be True?
You're strolling past the booths at a farm show when a new product grabs your attention. Maybe it's a soil additive
More Maize Malaise?
Expect more leaf diseases, stalk and ear rots, and rootworm in corn after corn fields. “Growing corn on corn means
Match Equipment To Acres
Are you equipped for profit? Machinery decisions are among your most complex management problems, and mistakes could
Strip Search
Strip-till outstripped both no-till and conventional tillage in a two-year comparison of corn tillage methods by the
A Till Tale
Strip-tillage helped one young Minnesota farmer get started in agriculture from the ground up. Keith Landwehr grew up
Rethinking Nitrogen
Forget the old rule of thumb: 1.2 lbs. of N/bu. of expected yield, minus credits for soybeans. That approach has been
