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Harvest Weather Outlook: Mild Fall Expected

By Noah Newman posted on September 22, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

What kind of weather can we expect in the coming months for harvest season? Let’s find out from Bam Wx meteorologist Bret Walts.

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Measuring No-Till Yield by Bushels Per Inch of Water

By Noah Newman posted on September 20, 2024

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, longtime no-tiller Rick Bieber explains why he’s not a big fan of the word “yield” and shares his unique way for measuring yield on his Trail City, S.D., farm.

Weather Critical to Soybeans' Final Seed Weight

September 21, 2023 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: Kansas State University Extension

The USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service crop progress and condition report released Sept. 10, 2023, classified 52% of the soybean crop to be in fair (32%) or good (20%) condition.

NOAA Predicts Dry West, Wet East, Higher Temps Everywhere

By Brian O'Connor posted on May 23, 2022 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Seeding & Planting, Water Management

Large swathes of the West and Plains — from Puget Sound to Western Iowa and south to Texas — can expect a 33% chance of reduced rainfall. A smaller core area, from Eastern Washington and Oregon, Northern Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, and the western Dakotas, is facing a 50% chance of reduced rainfall.

Poll: What Herbicide are you Using This Spring?

By Brian O'Connor posted on May 4, 2022 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

What herbicide are you using this spring?

Are We Headed for Another Dust Bowl?

By John Dobberstein posted on June 24, 2021

Great Plains growers are no stranger to droughts and volatile weather. Some may ask themselves that question frequently while sitting in their tractor or pickup. But could it really happen?

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What Did You Do During the Great Winter Storm of 2021?

February 25, 2021

As we come out on the other side of this historic event, I think it’s only appropriate to ask ourselves what kind of adaptation strategies we used on our farms and ranches and what lessons we learned.

Have Our SCN Sorrows Been Drowned?

June 29, 2019 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Iowa State University Extension

Has the recent extreme overabundance of moisture drowned soybean cyst nematodes? Unfortunately, writes the Iowa State University Extension, the answer is no.

Weathering Unpredictability and Stabilizing Yield with Strip-Till

A USDA plant physiologist explains how results of recent tillage comparisons reveal strip-till may be the best practice to address future environmental conditions.

June 10, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Strip-Till Farming, Water Management

A USDA plant physiologist explains how results of recent tillage comparisons reveal strip-till may be the best practice to address future environmental conditions.

Wheat Loses Winter Hardiness During Warm Spells

February 3, 2015 | Posted in Crop Protection, Seeding & Planting

Source: Kansas State University Extension

Very warm temperatures can cause wheat to break dormancy this time of year, says Kansas State University Extension. When daytime highs get into the 50s F and lows are above freezing, most wheat varieties will lose some of their winter hardiness.

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