If the current El Niño fades and reverses normally to its opposite cycle, the 2016 growing season in the Midwest will likely start wet and end with a dry autumn. Just how early the dryness sets in can’t be predicted. But the safest crop management strategy is to plan for it — and look for every

As WakeUP sales grow, we’re able to negotiate volume pricing on our ingredients — and we’re passing along our savings to you. The in-season price for WakeUP Spring and Summer will be only $90 per gallon — a $15 per gallon price cut from the past two seasons. It’s another benefit to you from the efficiencies and savings we’ve been able to offer since

The corn yield champions emphasize uniform, vigorous emergence as a foundation for reaching maximum genetic potential. And one of our favorite “encouragers” for boosting that seedling is an in-furrow blend of nutrients and stimulants which serves as a kind of “colostrum” for the first roots and shoots. Evidence of such a combination shows up in

One of the best-attended winter seminars offered by ecology-minded consulting firms is the one sponsored by AgriEnergy Resources since the late 1980s.  Here’s their detailed announcement, e-mailed to clients today: “Where did 2015 go? Seems like just yesterday we were preparing for our annual, winter seminar “How to Thrive in Today’s Ag Economy – 10 Practical, Profitable Solutions”  and

One of the greatest adventures of exploring what we call “Renewable Farming” is interacting with courageous researchers who dig out the truth in highly disputed scientific areas — such as food safety. One of those heroes is Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus of Purdue University. He has unmasked dozens of facts about the dangers of transgenic foods and their

Farm magazine agronomists will be extracting details all winter from David Hula’s all-time corn yield record of 532 bu. per acre in the National Corn Growers Association contest this season.  So far, the most current “story” of his production effort we’ve seen is posted on the Genesis Ag website. There’s a video of David Hula

We’ve long admired No-Till Farmer for presenting the facts about farm chemicals, and the Dec. 15 report by Laura Barrera confirms that confidence again. Barrera describes how Lewisburg, PA farmer Lucas Criswell has planted seed untreated by neonicotinoids for the past three years, with expectations of reducing toxic pressures on beneficial insects in the soil food