Twice recently we've reminded farmers and ranchers that their home in the country is the best place to live and make a living in this time of tumult. One of...
These three charts of corn and soybean yields show again that excellent mineral nutrition equips corn and soybeans to cope with fungal diseases. Often, yields with mineral nutrition exceed benefits of fungicide.
November...
If you have only one hour to watch a video on the plan to impose gene-altering vaccines as the primary pandemic defense, here it is: David E. Martin, phD, reveals how...
I remember introducing Dr. Neil Harl this way at many Professional Farmers of America seminars:
"Ladies and gentlemen, sharpen your pencils. Dr. Harl speaks at 250 words per minute, with gusts...
Here's an update of a commentary I published February 22, 2021 — citing a dozen reasons why farming is the healthiest place on the planet during the Covid-linked catastrophe.
November 2, 2021 By Jerry...
Today, a coalition of 24 environmental and animal rights organization petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce rural air pollution regulations much more strictly. They say EPA's 2005 compromise on...
Pennsylvania's Amish and Mennonite farmers dealt with Covid by not locking down their churches. Not getting Covid shots. Not going to hospitals. Now it's clear that their communities in and around Lancaster County, PA have "herd...
Climate-change "scientists" and their political allies, pleading for trillions of tax dollars to control CO2, are shrieking: "We're almost out of time."
October 18, 2021 By Jerry Carlson They're right. An overwhelming 30-year...
Over the years we've observed that soils with low fertility and low biological life can respond with dramatic yield gains when infused with beneficial bacteria and fungi. Here's an experiment...
Robust soil biology is the foundation for this Latham corn number's ability to stay healthy with green leaves into mid-October. The field in north central Iowa has a history of...
We encourage you to study the profit analysis on the table below, showing a 6.7 bu. per acre yield gain from one foliar spray of Fulltec Impulse Soy at R1...
The "Dean" of nutrient recapture by inoculating residue is AgriEnergy Solutions, which marketed Residuce more than three decades ago. Over those years, the AgriEnergy team documented how you're repaid by that...
It's the water. That famous Olympia beer slogan of 1902 applies to a new technology this fall: Using Pursanova's activated water to "brew" trillions of vigorous microbes eager to digest your stalk residue. The water's...
By Bob Streit
Bob Streit is an independent crop consultant and columnist for Farm News. He can be reached at (515) 709-0143 or www.CentralIowaAg.com.
The Growing Season
October 1, 2021 After surviving...
Why Soil Health is so Important for Your Crops
October 1, 2021 By Lane Carlson, grade 8 (Slightly Edited by Jerry Carlson)
We have yet to fully understand how God designed the many...
It took Howard Vlieger and his Australian researchers six years to refine an environmentally friendly burndown herbicide, but it's here. Contact Organics based in Australia manufactures the two-part herbicide. Studentofthesoil...
A few days ago, armyworms stripped leaves from most of our neighbor's 15-acre alfalfa field. But they left several patches untouched — offering clues which may help you avoid pest invasions in the...
Early harvest reports are filtering in from WakeUP clients. One of the most interesting came from north central Iowa, which endured extended dry-weather stress in June and July.
September 23, 2021 One...
As farmers gathered at a cover-crop field day Sept. 15, organizer Bob Recker explained: "Probably, your first reaction on seeing this cornfield was, 'It's a disaster!' But over the next four...
India's official health agencies and major media are reporting virtually complete control of Covid-19 among 240 million people in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Only 5.8% of the state's people have been vaccinated...
