Recently added articles from Farm Journal:
Corn College - Register for Practical Hands-On Training.(Calendar)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Registration Form Location Map The Corn College provides practical, hands-on training to help corn growers advance their production skills and improve their profitability. Led by Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie, the 2008 Corn College includes general instruction, ...
Bonus Machinery Guide.
May 22, 2008 ... The following stories appeared in the 2008 BONUS Machinery Guide, a supplement to Farm Journal's Early Spring Issue. Editor's Notebook It's fitting that I'm writing this letter from the field, while helping plant our Farm Journal Test Plots. The plots are a wonderful way to ...
Feed Fight.(Brief article)
May 16, 2008 ... The following information is bonus material from the Late Springissue ofFarm Journal. It corresponds with the article "Feed Fight" byCharles Johnson. Ethanol's role in gasoline and corn markets ...
Tailgate Talk.
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Katie Humphreys Encore Performance for Farmall Promenade This summer the Farmall Promenade Square Dancing Tractors will do-si-do for the last time. Since their 1999 debut at Nemaha's centennial celebration, the Iowa community the dancers call home, the ensemble has ...
BONUS: Souped Up Strip-Till.(tillage tool )
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Wayne Wenzel It's the best of strip-till and variable-rate nitrogen all in one. Orthman Manufacturing's 1tRIPr preplant tillage tool combines strip-till soil management, precision nutrient placement and seedbed preparation in a single field pass. The new strip-till rig ...
BONUS: Industry Briefs.
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Margy Fischer CNH International tractors are headed to Iraq after the company completed a deal that restarts tractor assembly operations at an agricultural machinery manufacturing facility in Iskandiriyah, Iraq. The manufacturer, the State Company for Mechanical ...
BONUS: A Kit That Fits.(John Deere AutoTrac Universal Steering Kit)
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Margy Fischer As auto-guidance technology advances and catches on, farmers who run older machines aren't being left in the dust. The John Deere AutoTrac Universal Steering Kit is compatible with many John Deere machines, as well as other brands. To test drive the ...
$100 Ideas.
May 16, 2008 ... Gates That Last We've had to replace numerous gates through the years because rust got the best of them. To keep a gate out of the corrosive manure and urine, we extend the height of the gate with a 1'-long metal pipe or rebar and a washer that fits snug over the pipe. MIG weld the washer ...
Up to Speed.(United States. Department of Agriculture)
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Roger Bernard Mid-April in Washington, D.C., brings the start of tourists strolling the National Mall and, of course, the cherry blossoms. The fresh new look isn't limited to the outside of USDA's headquarters. Inside USDA, Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer has ...
Production Journal.
May 16, 2008 ... Join a VIP Tour If you're interested in an intensive, first-hand look at Eastern Europe, pack your bags and join us for the first-ever Top Producer Frontier Study Tour. Sponsored in part by the United Soybean Board, the trip explores the opportunities and challenges for U.S. ...
Production Journal.
May 16, 2008 ... Leaving a legacy is more than building enduring family ties and creating an estate plan. A legacy is your success that lives on, from one generation to another. Succession planning is the key to growing success and creating a family legacy. It is not a miracle, but for the participating ...
Editora[euro][TM]s Notebook.
May 16, 2008 ... Every time our daughter Elizabeth gnaws a chicken bone until it's bare, we tease her that she's carrying on Grandma Leona's legacy. She laughs and loves it. The same goes for her passion to grow things, her penchant for going barefoot and her spitfire personality. Leona lives on. Not long ...
Walk It Out.(usage of Predictive Equation for Alfalfa Quality method)
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Jeanne Bernick It's late spring and you're anxious to schedule your first alfalfa cutting. Use that extra energy to walk your fields, suggests Dan Wiersma, a Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. forage agronomist. "This is the time of year I tell growers to get out and ...
Johna[euro][TM]s World.(social aspects of marriage)(Column)
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: John Phipps I want to talk to all you married folks out there for a minute. Or those of you who could be married if you'd just give up hope and settle. You know who you are. You may have noticed in the past few months that the two of you are arguing less. Think back. Has ...
PIPE Dreams.
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Pam Henderson I'm from the government and I'm here to help you is no joke to Billy Wayne Sellers. The Baxley, Ga., farmer has battled soybean rust longer than any other U.S. farmer. His fields were the first commercial soybeans impacted in 2005 and he has been fighting ...
Outlook.
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Bob Utterback, Economist Sales Index Key Excellent sales opportunity 10 Excellent buying opportunity 1 Corn 8 The corn ranking is at 8 and should be at 10 by the middle of June if we hit the gas on this corn market. Currently you should be 50% protected on 2008 in a long ...
Biofuels Update.
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Jeanne Bernick Texas Opens First Ethanol Facility Midwesterners are no longer the only Americans to realize the benefits of renewable fuels production. Texas recently opened its first 100-million-gallon ethanol biorefinery near Hereford, which will use 36 million bushels ...
Feed Fight.(production data of farms)
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Charles Johnson Henry Moore III enjoys flying his Air Tractor over Bobcat Farms, which he runs with his dad, Henry Jr., and long-time friend Alan Williams. It gives him a sweeping view of the barns housing 4,800 sows and 8,800 head of finishing hogs near Clinton, N.C ....
Keep Sprayers on the Go.
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Darrell Smith No one covers more ground than a custom applicator-as Clark Kindelspire discovered when he began tending sprayers for Norder Supply Inc. in Bruning, Neb. "I decided there had to be a faster and easier way to fill applicators," he says. The solution was a ...
Crop Tech.
May 16, 2008; ... Byline: Wayne Wenzel Glyphosate resistance is a hot topic these days, but a Canadian study indicates that protecting yields should be top of mind. Clarence Swanton, a research agronomist at the University of Guelph, is among a growing group of researchers who say farmers are ...