Soybeans are a Viable Crop Option in 2022

Soybeans are a Viable Crop Option in 2022

With record high fertilizer prices, a legume crop like soybeans look more appealing to crop producers.  Soybeans accept a soil pH range of 5.8 to 6.5.  Soybeans, when properly inoculated, require no nitrogen fertilizer.  When soil levels of phosphorus and potassium...
Do I Need a License to Fly My Drone?

Do I Need a License to Fly My Drone?

Drones are definitely a useful tool in many professions these days.  Industries such as agriculture, engineering, utilities, military, and real estate use drones to collect data and images.  Drones can also be a lot of fun to fly as a hobby.  But, there are rules to...
Unsightly and Painful Winter Barnyard Weeds

Unsightly and Painful Winter Barnyard Weeds

Burweed I don’t know about you, but I am fighting some bothersome winter weeds this season.  In high traffic areas around my barn, I have developed a lawn burweed (Soliva sessilis) issue.  Lawn burweed, also called spurweed, is a low growing winter annual that...
Protecting Our Crop Protectants

Protecting Our Crop Protectants

Crop protection chemicals are vitally important to the agriculture industry and need to be protected. The “war on chemicals” is a true threat to the pesticides we rely on. That threat is challenging to manage except by advocating and telling the story of stewardship...