Are Fungicides the Answer to Tar Spot?
Are Fungicides the Answer to Tar Spot? If tar spot has hit your area—and fungicides aren’t controlling the disease—there’s a reason why. There’s also one key thing you must do to protect your crop. “In the last three to four years, tar spot has become a major challenge,” said Dr. Don […]
Want to Cut Your Fertilizer Bill?
Want to Cut Your Fertilizer Bill? Use Nutrients More Efficiently Think high yields require a lot of fertilizer? What if you could cut back on chemical and petroleum-based fertilizers and still do more with less. You can when you focus on biology to properly feed your soil and crops. “It’s all about […]
Drones Take to Next Level
Drones Take Spraying, Dry Spreading to the Next Level When it’s time to spray or spread, how many times is it either too muddy to get into the field, or you can’t get a plane scheduled? What about getting cover crops seeded on time? Forget all that frustration. Things are looking up, thanks […]
5 Reasons to Use Drones on your Acres
5 Reasons to Use Drones on Your Acres When it’s time to spray, how many times is it either too muddy, or you can’t get a plane scheduled? Ever had trouble getting cover crops seeded on time? Forget all that frustration. Things are looking up, thanks to today’s high-tech drones. […]
Is Water pH Hindering Your Herbicide?
Is Water pH Hindering Your Herbicides? Is Water pH Hindering Your Herbicides? Selecting the right herbicide is a key to effective weed control, but there’s another big factor that can make or break your results—and it’s so common you might overlook it. Water pH can negatively affect the stability of some crop protection products, […]
Managing High Fertilizer Costs
How running a soil test can determine the amount or fertilizer needed for a successful yield.
Microbes, Manure and Better Water Quality
When was the last time you heard anyone outside of agriculture praise farmers’ efforts to improve water quality? Livestock producers, in particular, often get blamed for water quality challenges. While many farmers have adopted more eco-friendly farming practices to protect water quality, there’s still a missing link. Managing microbes is key to putting the right biology into manure. Click here to learn 10 ways microbe management makes nutrients readily available, limits nutrient leaching, controls odor and even makes more room in your manure pits.
Stalk Rot
If drought conditions hit your area this summer, there’s a good chance stalk rot might be lurking in your fields. How do you know if your corn crop is at higher risk for lodging this harvest? Click here to put your crop to the test and prioritize which fields to harvest first.
Fall Armyworms
If you grow small grains like wheat, alfalfa, hay or cover crops, there could be big trouble lurking in your fields right now. Click here to determine if you’re at threshold levels and how to prevent armyworms from destroying your crop.
Is your pit foaming
If your manure pit is foaming manure pit, you need answers—now. Just ask John Yoder, vice president of manure-handling equipment for Eldon C. Stutsman, Inc., eastern Iowa’s largest retail and wholesale supplier of agricultural products. Plenty of products claim to manage foam, but not all deliver on their promises. A few years ago when the Stutsman team heard about ProfitProAG’s Manure Master FoamAway, they were interested, but skeptical. Around this same time, a farmer with a foaming pit was calling the Stutsman team for help, and time was of the essence
