Seeding cover crops early enough to get them established before winter often requires interseeding into the existing crop before it’s ready for harvest.
The pursuit of higher crop yields and healthier soils is pointing farmers in the direction of cover crops. The 2015-16 Cover Crop Survey conducted by the Conservation Technology Information Center and Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education revealed that average acres of cover crops per farm have more than doubled over the previous 5 years.
To be eligible for the award, each development — which could be a component, machine, structure, system, end product or procedure — must embody the application of new technology or the innovative application of an older technology. The technology must be new to the whole industry, not just to an individual company. In addition, for the 2017 awards the development must have been first made available for purchase or ordering during the 2016 calendar year.
In this installment of the shared Farm Equipment and No-Till Farmer webinar series sponsored by Martin Industries, Phil Needham, owner of Needham Ag Technologies, discussed how growers and dealers can choose the right no-till attachments based on the grower's soils and conditions.
With planters getting larger everyday making adjustments becomes a time consuming chore. And time is something most farmers do not have a lot of during the planting season.
RhinoAg’s latest hay rake, the VR hay rake, provides high-performance characteristics in a compact package. “Adjustability is key in the VR hay rake,” says Greg Pollock, sales and marketing director for RhinoAg.
“Conserver” hay feeders from GoBob Pipe and Steel, a national manufacturer of livestock equipment and fencing supplies, are a popular option for farmers and ranchers because they force cattle to place their heads through metal bars to get at the hay.
Shortly after Case IH and New Holland introduced their concept autonomous tractors at the Farm Progress Show in late August 2016, Colorado-based market intelligence firm, Tractica, released a report predicting rapid growth in robotic tractor sales by 2020.
In this episode we look at the potential impact Hurricanes Helene and Milton will have on ag production as well as the dealers and manufacturers in the impacted region.
Built on 90 years of expertise, Yetter Farm Equipment leads the agriculture industry in designing effective and innovative equipment for residue management, seedbed preparation, precision fertilizer placement, harvest attachments, strip-tillage, and more.
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