It was a long and competitive Season 4 of Corn Warriors, and the farmers left it all on the field after a difficult battle to become Corn King. With a yield of 385.44 BU/A and a PWR Score of 9.08, our Season 4 winner Kevin Kalb celebrated in style at our crowning ceremony in Indianapolis,…
By: Justin Roberts Nov 26, 2018 John Deere, as ever, is pressing ahead with the application of digital technology to daily farm operations. Its latest endeavour is known as ‘MyOperations’ and comes as a free app for smartphones. This download allows users to see machine and field data remotely – from their mobile phones or tablets. According…
BALTIC, S.D. — Meet Eric Watson, a Guinness World Record holder for winter wheat yield. Watson achieved a whopping 247 bushels per acre (16.79 metric tons per hectare), and was one of more than 20 national and international yield winners attending the Ag PhD field day on July 26 near Baltic. The winners were celebrities…
It is now growing season across the Corn Belt of the United States. Seeds that have just been sown will, with the right mixture of sunshine and rain, be knee-high plants by the Fourth of July and tall stalks with ears ripe for picking by late August. Corn is much more than great summer picnic…
PRINCETON — More than 500 farmers and agribusiness representatives from this part of the Midwest gathered Monday for the first annual Field Day event hosted by Hefty Seed Company — Princeton. The gathering was planned to take place at the Denton farm on Route 26, just north of Princeton. However, because of rain, it was…
