tillage
Ground Work 2022: Mississippi Soybean, Cotton and Catfish Harvest
Our fall season has been very busy, as usual. Weather conditions have been ideal for harvesting in our region of the U.S. South. We wrapped…
Ground Work 2022: Illinois Planting Challenged by Rains and Supply Chain Uncertainty
Spring has been wet and cool in our area of Illinois, in the heart of the U.S. Midwest. Rains limited the amount of fieldwork we…
Ground Work 2021: Harvest and Fieldwork Finished in Illinois
I am finished with fieldwork for 2021. Yield-wise, this has been the best overall year in my 40-plus-year farming career. However, it has held plenty…
2020 Ground Work: Catching Up on Fall Fieldwork in Minnesota
Minnesota soybean farmer Jamie Beyer shares a 2020 Ground Work update about fall fieldwork, including fertilizing, tillage and ditching on their farm.
2020 Ground Work: Fall Fieldwork in Illinois
Illinois soybean farmer Elliott Uphoff shares a 2020 Ground Work update about soybean and corn harvest on his farm.
Ground Work: Planting and Soybean Breeding in Arkansas
For the past month, it has rained almost every third day in our area of Arkansas, in the south-central U.S. That has been just enough…
Constant Change
Weather, Technology and Economics Drive Need to Adapt It doesn’t take a historian to see that farming today is different than it was a generation…
Knowing the Land Makes Farmer More Efficient
Ron Moore really knows his farm fields - from what crops thrive where to what tillage practices work best to how significant weed pressure is…