AGRICULTURE & FARM NEWS
Farm Profitability In 2016
As growers look at 2016, many are asking, “how do we make a profit?”. There are many ways to look at the issue. A former mentor of mine taught me that with any business; P= [...]
Be Careful Out There!
The American farmer provides the world’s feed, fuel and fiber, some of our most basic needs. But farming is also one of the most dangerous occupations. A recent article cited 26.4 farming deaths per 100,000 [...]
ESOP – What Is It? And What Does It Mean For Our Customers?
If you work with a Crop Quest Agronomist or have just stopped by our website, you may have heard that we’re an ESOP company. Your thought may have been, that’s great, but that doesn’t really [...]
CQIQ Part II: More of What We Learned in Oklahoma City
In the last post, CQIQ Part I, we highlighted a few of the topics covered at our annual conference CQIQ (Crop Quest Information Quest). This post will wrap up the series on major topics discussed [...]
CQIQ Part I: What We Learned in Oklahoma City
Your Crop Quest Agronomist was a little tough to get a hold of during the beginning of November. We all attended our annual “CQIQ” (Crop Quest Information Quest) Meeting. This year’s meeting in Oklahoma City, [...]
Soil Organic Matter (OM), What Is It & What Does It Do?
I came across an article in the Noble Foundation’s Ag News & Views Newsletter, a number of years ago, that does a very good job of explaining what organic matter actually does in the soil. [...]