For several years, Missy Bauer, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, has been in the market for a planter — specifically a corn planter she could call her own to use in plots. She focused her search on a ...

Ken Ferrie explains how to prioritize planter attachments, why digging cross-sections is essential for ground-truthing planter performance, and the hidden risks of excessive closing wheel downforce.

Early-planting and moisture management strategies help farmers avoid yield losses and optimize harvest timing for maximum ...

The product being evaluated was Meristem’s Revline ® Hopper Throttle ® Corn Lyte copacked with Prephyte ™ ST, which combines ...

CRETE — Brian Lorenz is a cheerful sort of guy, and he stayed that way right on through his estimate that he would spend at least $10,000 on seed alone in his first full day of corn planting Wednesday ...

In the coming month, we will start to see corn planters, 10 to 30 feet wide, being pulled across the fields as farmers take on the task of getting seeds into soil in preparation for the fall harvest.

ZEELAND, Mich. — One West Michigan farm is reflecting on a successful season for sweet corn. Foxy Farms in Zeeland is owned by Chad Lamar and his wife. To go from seed to harvest it takes 78 days.