Tips & Tricks

  • Corn field

    The Summer Annual Manual

    Genevieve Slocum and Tracy Neff, King’s AgriSeeds Inc.

    Summer annuals have unique benefits, like filling a small space in the rotation with multiple cuttings of big yields. They also bring some unique challenges and considerations. Here’s what you need to know.

  • Cow in field

    Small Quick Tips to Prevent Big Trips

    Anonymous

    80% of your success depends on the actions you take the day you plant. Set yourself up for success and read through these brief planting tips before getting that summer annual in the ground!

  • Corn field

    When is Corn Alternative Forage?

    Anonymous

    “Corn” “Diversity” and even “innovative cropping systems” usually don’t go together in the same sentence. When used in a stockpiled winter grazing system, it turns out they occasionally can.

  • Seeds

    Illegally Bagged Seed: More Pain than Gain

    From American Agriculturist, May 10, 2017

    Buying cheaper seed isn’t worth the aggravation that follows — especially if it’s illegal. That’s why state ag secretaries and commissioners warn against buying and selling “brown bag” seed almost every spring. If it’s not tested for purity and germination and doesn’t carry your state’s label, it’s illegal. If it’s distributed by a seedsman not…