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Corn-Soybean Digest @csdigest

CSD provides Midwest corn and soybean growers with in-depth ‘think different’ stories on agronomics, soil health, farm tech/data management and more

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What are the main equipment issues during planting time? And how can you prep and maintain your planter to lower down time when you need to be in the field? Get your planter ready to roll as you listen to this episode of #FPNext, powered by @JohnDeere: farmprogress.com/planting/pl…
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The popular cover crop, cereal rye, can reduce nitrogen leaving the field through tile lines by 46% to 48%. And it increases carbon in the soil. Yet some growers are reluctant to use cereal rye ahead of corn.🌱 #CoverCrops farmprogress.com/cover-crops…

Kick up corn yields by diversifying cover crops

Legume cover crops ahead of corn pay off in field trials.

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Take these 8 recommendations to optimize yields and profits in your fields. farmprogress.com/corn/want-3…

Want 300-bushel corn?

Try these eight tips to increase your corn yields.

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Here are 1⃣0⃣ things to check inside your farm shop before the busy spring and summer seasons. farmprogress.com/farm-operat…

Follow 10-step checklist for more productive shop

Here are 10 things to check inside your farm shop before the busy spring and summer seasons.

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Character is a particularly important quality for young farmers and ranchers that often lack collateral and experience in business dealings. farmprogress.com/farm-busine…

Character still counts in farm business

Character is a particularly important quality for young farmers and ranchers that often lack collateral and experience in business dealings.

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Soil, seed and sulfur. 🌱 Here are 5 management tips for early-planted soybeans if you're searching for a yield advantage. farmprogress.com/soybean/5-m…

5 management tips for early-planted soybeans

There is a yield advantage with early-planted soybeans if you focus on soil, seed and sulfur.

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See new equipment, learn about tech and eat a beef sundae at the @NewYorkFarmShow this month. #NYFS24 Get a preview of the premiere indoor farm show from American Agriculturalist editor Chris Torres: farmprogress.com/new-york-fa…
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Farmers can no longer use dicamba for weed control on cotton and soybean crops, effective immediately. Read more 🔜 #Dicamba farmprogress.com/farm-policy…

Federal court revokes dicamba approval

Farmers can no longer use dicamba for weed control on cotton and soybean crops, effective immediately.

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How do you navigate the wild west of biologicals? Joining us on this Deep Dive episode of the #FPNext podcast is @AgTechLaura of @UNLExtension and @OnFarmResearch to dig into biological basics, research trials, and more: farmprogress.com/crop-protec… #Biologicals #OnFarmReseach
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What stock show is on Curt’s bucket list to attend in 2025? What is Sarah’s favorite thing to do during the Black Hills Stock Show? 🎧 Listen in to all this and more on this Farm Files edition of #FPNext: farmprogress.com/farm-life/f…
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Farmers and agronomists across much of the Midwest agree that last year’s soybean growing season was challenging, and some of the disease and insect problems experienced in 2023 may carry over into this year. @GldnHarvest @UnitedSoy #Soybeans farmprogress.com/soybean/les…

Lessons learned from 2023 soybean season

A farmer and an agronomist discuss takeaways from last season as we head into the new soybean growing season.

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Over the years, the management mindset generally has been made up of four cornerstones with the first being the process of planning, which is often done informally and locked in one’s head. farmprogress.com/farm-busine…

Four cornerstones of success in farm business

Formal planning is a necessity when it comes to your farm business.

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If you live by soil temperatures, then the Soil Temperature Climatology Tool should come in handy. farmprogress.com/planting/wh…

When will soil be warm enough to plant?

Here’s a web tool that can help you zero in on soil temperature trends.

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How does tar spot spread? 🌽 What research is being conducted? How can farmers stop it from hurting their bottom line? #TarSpot On this Shop Talk episode of #FPNext, Curt and Sarah head south to talk with @MindyLWard, editor of @MoRuralist. Listen here: farmprogress.com/crop-diseas…
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Here’s one way to deal with a labor and truck driver shortage. farmprogress.com/farm-operat…

Does paying for employee’s CDL make sense?

Here’s one way to deal with a labor and truck driver shortage.

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Two species of rootworm are taking hold in the Midwest; keep your corn protected. ❌🐛🌽 farmprogress.com/insects/pro…

Protect against corn rootworm

Two species of rootworm are taking hold in the Midwest; keep your corn protected.

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Introducing the #FPNext podcast! 🎧🔉 The latest offering from #FarmProgress, co-hosts Curt Arens and Sarah McNaughton will dive into all aspects of the agriculture industry from the field to the feedlot, and pasture to policy: farmprogress.com/farm-busine…
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The increase in interest rates and the addition of more debt alone will not be what pushes the agriculture industry into a financial decline. farmprogress.com/farm-busine…

Oklahoma City perspective

The increase in interest rates and the addition of more debt alone will not be what pushes the agriculture industry into a financial decline.

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Cover crops is a buzzword today in agriculture, but integrating cover crops into a cropping system can be a challenge. No single strategy works for everyone, but a panel of two farmers and a research agronomist offer pro tips on how to get started. farmprogress.com/cover-crops…

Cover crop tips from farmers, researchers

Management strategies, termination times and seed mixtures are all important aspects of a successful plan.

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While there are no new herbicide modes of action for 2024, there are new premixes and formulations that you should be aware of. farmprogress.com/commentary/…

What’s new with herbicides?

Talkin’ Weeds: There are no new modes of action, but there are new premixes and formulations.

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