Weed management is a key concern for any farmer. But it’s at the top of the list for those growing organic field crops, seeking or maintaining organic certification. Without synthetic pesticides to ...

As harvest continues in central Illinois, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie says he is fielding a lot of calls from farmers about whether to do fall tillage. For the most part, his ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Aims Cover crop species selection for soybean (Glycine max) production under no-tillage (NT) management may affect soil organic C ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 20, 2024) The perpetual use of pesticide coated seeds and tillage changed the composition of various beetle, spider, and other epigeal arthropod communities on New ...

Corn-soybean rotation is the most common cropping sequence in the U.S. Midwest, known for improving corn yield compared with continuous corn. New University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research ...

Keith Berns, co-founder of Green Cover weighs in with practical advice including three things for cover crop success, termination timing and water use.

The roller-crimper system has worked so well for organic grain corn and soybean that some conventional soybean growers are also using it to reduce their use of expensive herbicides, said Moyer, who is ...

Mark Mueller is a fourth-generation farmer from Bremer County producing no-till corn, soybeans, alfalfa, specialty beans, forage rye and corn for silage. He serves as the Iowa Corn Growers Association ...