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How Drones Came to Your Local Farm

Relatively cheap drones with advanced sensors and imaging capabilities are giving farmers new ways to increase yields and reduce crop damage.

5 tips to reduce fertilizer costs

Crop Rx: Prioritize nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium over micros, and pay attention to soil test results.

If Your Corn Is Reddish-Pink on the Ends, This Is What It Means

Here’s what you need to know, and how to avoid it.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Why humans struggled to make 'f' and 'v' sounds until farming came along

Love to drop F-bombs? Thank the shift to agriculture.

Your Take: Are you for or against the aerial spraying plan to combat EEE?

7 tips for flying an unmanned aerial system

If you're thinking about adding an unmanned aerial system to your operation, just what should you be considering? Chad Colby offers some insight for those that are just now considering taking to the skies for better farm information.

Seed Pitch Deck Guide

Looking for seed investment? Check out our guide to building a seed pitch deck.

More Emphasis Needed on Seed Quality When it Comes to Treating Seed

To me, seed safety is an evaluation of the potential impact of a seed treatment on the physiological quality of... Read More

6 Key Tips for Seed Treater Maintenance

With growing use of seed treatments, the off-season is a good time for retailers to make sure their seed treating equipment is in good working order

Getting unordered seeds and stuff in the mail?

Those mysterious seeds from China have been in the headlines, but we’re also hearing about other stuff that people are getting that looks connected to the seed mystery.

5 Steps to a Winning Seed Dealership

Change Your Perspective<br>You must change how your view your seed dealership to help you generate the most sales possible.<br>Build Your Dealership<br>Stop trying to peddle a few token units and instead turn every farmer into a long-term, loyal customer for life.<br>Defend Against Competitors<br>Combat price deals and incentive programs that other companies use to steal your customers.<br>“5 steps to change how you view your seed dealership to help you generate the most sales possible”<br>-ROD OSTHUS

Know your soils to make most of seeds, spraying

"Getting smart about your dirt means challenge strips where you do four or five different input rates side by side."

Who owns seed and what are the alternatives?

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May rain gives flying start to crop growers

May rainfall boosts soil moisture profile in some parts of Victoria.

Seed corn crop dodges worst of spring planting hardships

Most seed corn growers are landing high and dry at the end of a very soggy spring.

Yes, ag industry mergers could increase commodity seed prices

A study indicates that mergers, which are still pending, between large agribusiness companies could slightly increase the average seed prices of corn and soybeans, but drastically escalate cotton seed costs.

6 Factors Help Deliver Accurate Seed Placement

When you head to the field this spring, planter in tow, you’ve got a lot on your mind. But if you’re willing to shatter some long-standing assumptions, you can simplify your focus to a handful of agronomic factors.