AGRICULTURE & FARM NEWS
Site Specific Crop Management – Keeping It Simple
When I started with Crop Quest in 2010, the term site specific crop management or precision ag was only meant for the producers who were on the cutting edge of technology. In just this short amount [...]
Tough Times Bring Tough Decisions
Utilize common sense and new technology to your advantage. Tough economic times tends to tighten everyone's belt, and that is when farmers need to be aware of how they separate the necessary from the unnecessary. [...]
Phosphate Fertilizers
Most farmers understand the importance of nitrogen fertilizers in relation to yield, but many do not fully realize the importance of phosphorus fertilizers in maximizing yields and improving fertilizer uptake efficiencies. Phosphorus fertilizers are the [...]
Making The Most Of Your Herbicides
Controlling weeds is becoming a difficult and expensive task. A common assumption made when a group of weeds are not killed by a herbicide application is that the weeds are resistant. While weed herbicide resistance [...]
Are You Managing Water Efficiently?
Being from Missouri, interning with Crop Quest in Southwest Kansas was a huge change and learning experience for me, as the agriculture industry is completely different here from what I am used to! There was [...]
Late Season Plant Health Gives Important Clues to Crop Management Decisions
As we head toward the back end of the growing season, there are many clues we can look at to determine whether some of our management decisions this year paid off. Of course, Mother Nature [...]