The Longs’ Journey From Dairy to Crop Farming
Agriculture is nothing new for Carl and Betsy Long of Coudersport, Pennsylvania. While both grew up in the dairy industry, it took creativity, tenacity, and flexibility to grow a successful…
How Can Nozzle Choice and Maintenance Optimize Herbicide Applications?
When input prices are high and crop prices are low, optimizing every pass across the field helps keep budgets in the black. While nozzle choice and maintenance may seem like…
Cash in on Winter Crops
Winter oilseeds may soon offer farmers a whole new income stream. Research and development of several species is underway, offering cash crops with sustainability-focused benefits. Camelina, pennycress, and winter canola…
Are Old Pivot Nozzles Costing You Money?
Variable-rate irrigation has proved effective and profitable to manage crop moisture on varying soil types. However, variation under normal irrigation can do just the opposite: Reducing uniformity of water application…
What You Should Consider Before Building Grain Storage
The need for more grain storage was the most obvious reason Adam Wolf and his dad added a new 105,000-bushel grain bin this past summer to their farm near the…
From Illinois, to Ghana, to Denmark, and Back
Listen to the Podcast Meet Kristopher Klokkenga Kristohper Klokkenga farms 1,500 acres near Emden in central Illinois, about halfway between Peoria and Springfield. Around 85% of the cropland has been…
15 Minutes With a Farmer: Kris Klokkeng
Kristopher Klokkenga is the fourth generation to run his family’s 1,500-acre centennial farm near Emden, Illinois, midway between Peoria and Springfield. Eighty-five percent of his production is organic, including food-grade…
15 Minutes With Technology Leader Adam Gittins
While adopting new technology may be daunting for many farmers, Adam Gittins is an old pro. A longtime employee of HTS Ag, a precision agriculture technology company in Harlan, Iowa,…
Better Irrigation Management Using Satellite Data
It’s been 64 years since the Defense Department launched Transit, the world’s first global positioning satellite, allowing the Navy to track surface ships and submarines. Since then, the U.S., other…
How to Increase Yields With Lime Applications
If your soil’s pH levels are not within the ideal range your crops require, you could be losing production. For overly acidic soils, applying lime to raise the pH level…