COLUMBIA, Mo. — The wet spring made for a tough year for the University of Missouri soybean variety testing program, as did weather challenges throughout the season and concerns about herbicide drift.
PEORIA, Ill. — Attendance seemed a little lower than usual on the first day of the Greater Peoria Farm Show, kicking off the show season on Dec. 3. Some said it was the good weather — with some farmers still having field work to do.
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Editor’s note: The following story is re-published from Myron Williams’ book, “Cornfield Chronicles: Featuring Snowball, Pony From Hell.” Williams was an editor with IFT publications for 30 years. He retired in 2014.
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The editorial board of The Roanoke Times
Choosing corn hybrids and soybean varieties is one of the most important crop management decisions to be made. It is a hard decision to make because it is typically made months before the growing season begins.
WOODWARD, Iowa — Rod Pierce is done with harvest. Now is the time to start putting pencil to paper, and that is especially important at a time when farmers are struggling to balance their books.
CHAMPAIGN Ill. — The weather conditions were so challenging this year, results from two test sites in the University of Illinois’ annual corn hybrid trials will be excluded in 2019 – one in northern Illinois and one in southern Illinois.
It would have been reasonable not to expect much out of the corn crop across parts of Iowa this year.
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Robb Ewoldt said he has barely had time to think about his winter preparations as he stepped out of his combine a few days before Thanksgiving.
