Tag: planting
What can I plant now?
The most common misconception about fall vegetable production is that you need a hoop or green house to do it.
Cautiously optimistic about planting season
In Ohio, the final planting date for corn is June 5 and for soybeans it is June 20.
Planting 2013: Cold spring could finally break this week
Only 2 percent of Ohio corn is planted and 11 percent in Pennsylvania. But temps. expected to warm this week.
In Ohio, the corn planting window is now open, and it...
Ohio corn growers, if you can get in your fields, start planting. Planting corn outside the optimal four-week window could lower yields as much as 30 bushels/acre.
Precision farming: Cultivating big farming picture
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. -- The deepest insight Paul Mask ever gained into the value of precision farming occurred more than a generation ago, years...
Cover crop, strip tillage show benefits for vegetable growers, too
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Using a strip tillage system in combination with cover crops benefits vegetable farmers as well as the land, according to...
Check your fall pasture to-do list
It seems there are never enough days in the fall of the year to accomplish all the things I want/need to do. Daylight hours...
Technology has dramatically changed the planting season for farmers
According to the last Farm and Dairy, 79 percent of Ohio’s corn is planted, way ahead of last year (Marlin Clark said that last...
Ask FSA Andy: Busy time of the year! Sign up now!
Hello Again!Is your corn in the ground? Are you done with beans yet? What? Are you just a bit busy right now? With...
Planting 2012: A reversal from last year’s record-wet spring
We fought rain all spring last year. This past April, it was cold nights and dry soil.
