During the week of Sept. 14, the BigYield.us team finished harvesting its corn test plots at The Farm Research Center in Garden City, Mo. In two corn fields, the team compared a control condition to a treatment condition that involved applying five gallons of BP In-Furrow combined with a high-quality 3-18-18 starter fertilizer. As a crop biological, the BP In-Furrow …

Shane Hall of AgTech, Inc. explains how to estimate corn yield pre-harvest.

One of the fundamentals of managing pests and pressures in our fields is regular monitoring. Scouting and observing is a must if we wish to be in the know about what is happening in and between the rows. A typical scouting trip through the field diligently searches for which pests are present, what stage of growth each pest and crop …

If one were to make a list of the worst conditions for corn production cold, wet and cloudy would certainly be at the top. It is near to impossible to bring any growing organism to maturity without the proper environment. The last month has brought many adverse conditions to our own door steps. We are seeing stunted corn, injured beans …