A newly patented process for “taking the temperature of growing crops” from aircraft flying nearly a mile above the field is promising to bring quicker notifications of plant stress than the popular NDVI monitoring usually associated with GreenSeeker technology.
A newly patented process for “taking the temperature of growing crops” from aircraft flying nearly a mile above the field is promising to bring quicker notifications of plant stress than the popular NDVI monitoring usually associated with GreenSeeker technology.
Like farm equipment dealerships, nearly every segment of agriculture in the U.S. is being transformed by a consolidation of its participants, from farmers to ag equipment makers and input producers.
A substantial research project concerning cover crop use and involving farmers across the nation gives farm equipment dealers some positive light to shine on the practice as they work with customers incorporating the fast-growing practice into their management plans.
A substantial research project concerning cover crop use and involving farmers across the nation gives farm equipment dealers some positive light to shine on the practice as they work with customers incorporating the fast-growing practice into their management plans.
Kern Machinery has not been satisfied to merely distribute farm machinery to its customer base. With the wide diversity of crops — from almonds and pistachios to table grapes and pomegranates — grown at the south end of California’s Central Valley, many of its customers’ challenges are unique to the region and not necessarily economically feasible for its major supplier to address.
In addition to significantly increasing crop yields, a new report from USDA suggests that intensifying land use could be another way to meet the rapidly expanding demand for ag commodities.
Last week, while visiting a large farming operation in Michigan, I had the opportunity to ask the brothers who own and operate the 14,000-acre enterprise, if given the choice, what would they prefer, high crop prices or high crop yields?
Corn has the potential to yield 500 bushels per acre. But according to the USDA, the average corn yield lands short at 158. With an estimated 27% global population growth by 2050, the increasing demand will not be met.
Farmers planted 84.8 million acres of soybeans, which was nearly 11 percent more than last year's 76.5 million acres. Among the states that planted record amounts of the crop were Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Jason Webster, commercial agronomist with PTI Farm, breaks the results of PTI Farm’s 2024 HIgh Speed Planting Corn Study.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
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