Background Saving money – and the environment Effective weed control is critical to the commercial success of any farming operation. In the US alone, weeds are estimated to cost farmers $33 billion in lost production each year. Today, farmers address this challenge by spraying herbicides across the entire field – even though weed infestation may […]

As we continue to monitor soybean cyst nematode (SCN) resistance, we’re seeing more Peking (versus P188788) bean varieties as the best replacement options. We’re recommending the Peking race of resistant beans, like Brevant’s B182EE and B202EE, and also NK’s NK14-WGE3 and NK19-T8E3. In our data group, Peking beans are outyielding P188788 beans in their maturity

You have probably watched a news story or read a magazine article about carbon and carbon farming. Maybe you’ve asked: “Why agriculture? According to the EPA, 24% of total global greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, forestry, and other land uses. Others put this number around 18%. Some groups who point fingers at agriculture will

This fall has NOT been typical. We’ve had few breaks this harvest, which means we’ve had to enlist more resources to serve our customers. These resources include other trucking companies to haul transport loads of propane and additional tank wagons to haul refined fuels. We have a pretty good network of resources from past experience,

We’ve mentioned tar spot in the previous newsletter, but this was the first growing season in which we actually saw the foliar disease in our local geography. In fact, I’ve seen it with my own eyes. I took the photo that accompanies this article, of a corn leaf infected with tar spot. Tar spot is

On October 25, NuWAy-K&H Agronomy loaded one of its Hagie STS1600 sprayers on a truck destined for an assembly location in Oregon. Over the winter months, this sprayer will have a GreeneyeTM Technology selective spraying system installed. This will transform our Hagie from a standard broadcast sprayer into a smart sprayer that will use camera