Precision Planting: As we’ve seen in other studies, like our soybean planting date study, hitting this window is vital to achieving your maximum yields and profit.
Winter wheat crop development is currently ahead of normal, with estimates ranging from is about nine to 11 days ahead of normal based on growing degree day accumulations through May 20. That early harvest has many growers considering taking advantage of that larger window for double-cropping soybeans.
Corn and soybeans are warm-season crops, meaning they prefer to grow during the warmest part of the year. To get ahead of the game, many farmers will plant their corn and soybeans earlier than recommended, but how early is too early?
Some 81% of corn was reported emerged, above both the 76% emerged last year and the 64% emerged in the week prior. The 5-year average emergence rate for this week was 70%.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Titan International, we catch up with young Kentucky no-tiller Quint Pottinger to see how he autonomously planted his entire crop in 2026. Senior editor John Dobberstein checks in from the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour in Scotland Neck, N.C., where no-tiller Zeb Winslow III talks about his multi-species cover crop program.
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