Let’s trash talk—crop residue. The way you manage residue right now at harvest will affect your crop next year. In all tillage systems the key is decomposing the remainder of this year’s crop and ...

Drought-stressed corn silage can have from 75 to 90 percent of the feed value of normal corn silage. Nitrates may be an issue, but don’t write the crop off with out testing. Any corn that has ...

A growing number of Iowa grain farmers are giving up hope on a harvestable corn crop in the face of the ongoing drought. Some insurance agencies report a few farmers have started the process of filing ...

A Purdue University researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol. By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as is ...

It has become a priority of mine to grow and harvest a small stand of field corn this year. There are several issues that have made this important to me. Corn prices have gone through the roof. I ...

The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...

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A researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol. By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as is commonly done, about ...