Crops
Field-tested guides on cereals, oilseeds, legumes and vegetables — variety selection, agronomy, and pest control.
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Crops
Sunflower Agronomy: Variety Selection, Field Management, and Harvest Timing
Sunflower is one of the most profitable broadacre crops when managed correctly, and one of the most damaging to soil and rotations when managed poorly. The margin between a 3 t/ha crop and a 1.5 t/ha crop on the same field in the same year usually comes down to variety choice, plant population, and timely scouting — not the weather.
June 3, 202610 min read
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How To Control European Corn Borer Without Wasting Money on Sprays
Spraying for corn borer goes wrong in three ways: wrong timing, wrong threshold, wrong assumption about Bt corn. Fix those and the pest stops being expensive.
April 19, 20268 min read
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How Much Winter Wheat Seed Per Hectare? A Practical Guide
Forget the universal number. Real seeding rate depends on four things, and none of them are printed on the bag. Here is how to figure out yours.
April 12, 20269 min read