Over the years we've observed that soils with low fertility and low biological life can respond with dramatic yield gains when infused with beneficial bacteria and fungi. Here's an experiment...
Robust soil biology is the foundation for this Latham corn number's ability to stay healthy with green leaves into mid-October. The field in north central Iowa has a history of...
We encourage you to study the profit analysis on the table below, showing a 6.7 bu. per acre yield gain from one foliar spray of Fulltec Impulse Soy at R1...
The "Dean" of nutrient recapture by inoculating residue is AgriEnergy Solutions, which marketed Residuce more than three decades ago. Over those years, the AgriEnergy team documented how you're repaid by that...
It's the water. That famous Olympia beer slogan of 1902 applies to a new technology this fall: Using Pursanova's activated water to "brew" trillions of vigorous microbes eager to digest your stalk residue. The water's...
By Bob Streit
Bob Streit is an independent crop consultant and columnist for Farm News. He can be reached at (515) 709-0143 or www.CentralIowaAg.com.
The Growing Season
October 1, 2021 After surviving...
Why Soil Health is so Important for Your Crops
October 1, 2021 By Lane Carlson, grade 8 (Slightly Edited by Jerry Carlson)
We have yet to fully understand how God designed the many...
It took Howard Vlieger and his Australian researchers six years to refine an environmentally friendly burndown herbicide, but it's here. Contact Organics based in Australia manufactures the two-part herbicide. Studentofthesoil...
A few days ago, armyworms stripped leaves from most of our neighbor's 15-acre alfalfa field. But they left several patches untouched — offering clues which may help you avoid pest invasions in the...
Early harvest reports are filtering in from WakeUP clients. One of the most interesting came from north central Iowa, which endured extended dry-weather stress in June and July.
September 23, 2021 One...
As farmers gathered at a cover-crop field day Sept. 15, organizer Bob Recker explained: "Probably, your first reaction on seeing this cornfield was, 'It's a disaster!' But over the next four...
India's official health agencies and major media are reporting virtually complete control of Covid-19 among 240 million people in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Only 5.8% of the state's people have been vaccinated...
Below, we've excerpted key sections of crop consultant Bob Streit's report to Midwest clients and friends. One of Bob's many strengths is his journalist's "nose for news" — his constant...
For years our family at Renewable Farming has encouraged healthy soil, healthy crops — and healthy people with robust immune systems. That means good food must be your best medicine, and you...
One of the greatest rewards of my ag journalism career is building a network of idea-filled friends around the world. They keep me focused on the future, even while while...
You're looking at a Beck's hybrid corn field planted early in Clinton County, Indiana — a region that's often too wet at planting time and prone to dry weeks through the...
So far the American mainstream media have mostly ignored a potential truckers' blockade across Australia planned for Tuesday, August 31. Truckies are protesting the Aussie government's medical mandates for economic lockdowns, vaccine passports and...
Rising fertilizer prices make it more profitable to capture all the phosphorus, potassium and organic matter you can from your corn crop. A 200-bu. corn crop totals about 4.5 tons of...
Here's the latest field report and season-ending management suggestions from crop consultant Bob Streit, based at Boone, Iowa.
August 23, 2021 By Bob Streit
Now that the end of the growing season...
Our greenhouse experiments last winter with stress-relieving endophytes, BioEnsure and BioTango, were just published in CSA News, a monthly magazine reaching more than 10,000 agronomy scientists and consultants worldwide.
August 18, 2021...
