Stack the Odds for Soybeans this Spring

Thinking Beyond ‘Check The Box’ Carbon Programs

“Today’s carbon programs are privatized cost share,” says Mitchell Hora, an Iowa farmer. “You can get paid to reduce tillage, add cover crops, reduce synthetic fertilizer. The more new things you adopt, the more you could get paid.”

Stack The Odds For Soybeans this Spring

No crop is more influenced by the natural environment (weather) than soybeans. You can’t change the natural environment, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie, but you can minimize its risk. You can even capitalize on soybeans’ reaction to the natural environment, and possibly increase yield, by planting soybeans earlier than what you’re used to.

Million Dollar Math Problem to Help Farmers Optimize Travel and Fieldwork

Heartland, a biotech company, says it has solved the Traveling Salesman Problem and intends to put the software in an app they’re calling ReMap that "saves farmers fuel and time.”

Weather Watch With AgDay's Meteorologist

High fire risk remains for portions of the West. Meteorologist Matt Yarosewick lets us know if any relief is on the way.