Thunderstorms are the primary source of moisture for our non-irrigated crops in July. While the rain is often needed by our crops this time of year, these powerful convective storms have the potential to do plenty of damage to them under the right conditions.

The month of May has come and gone, and we still have a good portion of our corn acreage left to plant here at Miner Institute. While we...

Soybeans are not a commonly grown forage crop used by the dairy industry, and we’ve published very little content about the crop for that...

The recent decision by Corteva Agriscience™ to phase out brown midrib (BMR) corn by 2030 has some forage producers reeling. Indeed, I...

The question of how far apart corn rows should be planted is not a new one. One has only to go to an equipment auction to see how row...

Ever since man started breeding different varieties of crops and comparing them there’s been an effort to describe the differences...

Dutch Rovers, a Chazy farmer who left us far too early, used to plant about a dozen guard rows around the corn fields intended for high...

Fall manure applications are common in the dairy industry – and for good reason. Fall weather is reasonably dry, so the fields can...