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Case IH’s active implement guidance helps ensures precision performance

Real Agriculture

When it comes to precision farming, implement drift is one factor that can play havoc with field operations, such as planting and strip tillage, and the precise placement of seed and fertilizer and other inputs. Read More

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Farmer Focus: Keeping on top of drainage pays dividends

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly We have struggled to terminate fertility leys with shallow cultivations before establishing our first wheats this year, due to a wetter autumn. It has taken four to five passes to get a seed-bed.

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Guide to Potato Cultivation: From Planting to Harvest

Cropaia

Seed tubers should be planted 10–15 cm deep, with in-row spacing of 20–30 cm and row spacing of 75–90 cm. Soil Testing A thorough soil test several months before planting allows for preemptive pH adjustments and targeted fertilization. The post Guide to Potato Cultivation: From Planting to Harvest first appeared on Cropaia.

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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

Basements and garages have long been fertile ground for innovation, with a host of well-known companies including Apple, Amazon and Harley-Davidson tracing back to humble residential roots. Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses. Photography submitted by Don DiLillo, Finest Foods.

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Cultivating Growth: NASDA President Blayne Arthur gives insight on her day-to-day role in boosting her state’s economy and global food systems through supporting Oklahoma agriculture

NASDA

Working in an industry that covers all Oklahomans means Arthur collaborates with division directors on a wide range of issues from wildfire management to seed and fertilizer regulation to policy issues. Learn more about careers in agriculture at nasda.org/WorkInAg.

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From Seed to Grain: How to Grow Wheat for Optimal Yields

Cropaia

This article will guide you through the key aspects of wheat management, including planting, fertilizing, irrigating, harvesting, and crop rotation. Additionally, durum wheat, known for its high protein content and suitability for pasta production, finds its niche in arid regions where its drought tolerance allows for successful cultivation.

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The Pawpaw, a Beloved Native Fruit, Could Seed a More Sustainable Future for Small Farms

Civil Eats

They had tasted the hit-or-miss wild varieties that grow in the fertile soil along the Susquehanna River, but got hooked during a visit to Deep Run, a Maryland orchard with a range of pawpaw cultivars among its 1,000 trees. The Canadian NC1 ripens early, with fewer smooth black seeds than other varieties. A pawpaw tree in winter.

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