More and more farmers like Jeff Barlow are learning how to get faster, sharper agronomic answers from social media. Here’s how
At first glance, the list of today’s social media sites looks like a collection of spelling mistakes. It’s grown way beyond Twitter and YouTube, and now the list stretches to 100 and beyond. You might have heard of Google+, LinkedIn and YouTube, but what about Plaxo, Bebo, Hi5, IRC, FMyLife and Tumblr? Facebook and Twitter […] Read moreThis Missouri farmer has broken the world record, growing dryland soybeans that yielded 109.3 bushels per acre
This Missouri farmer has broken the world record, growing dryland soybeans that yielded 109.3 bushels per acre Charlie Hinkebein of Chaffee, Missouri is great at growing soybeans. In 2008, his dryland soybeans yielded 109.3 bushels per acre, breaking a world record. Hinkebein is a 100-Bushel Soybean Club member, an exclusive group that includes two other […] Read moreLots of farmers are looking to the weather as a scapegoat to explain lower-than-expected canola yields
In the past few years, fabulous canola yields have been achieved. The 2012 crop appears not to be near as big, and many suspect warmer temperatures to be a factor. With all the hype about global warming, if we look at actual temperature data our July, temperatures are cooler if anything. The past many summers […] Read moreThe Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that farmers with town jobs can deduct all farm losses from their off-farm income
Folks who have town jobs that help them survive money-losing farming operations will have an easier time deducting losses from other income thanks to a case, Canada versus Craig, decided by the Supreme Court of Canada on August 1, 2012. “The Craig case says that if a taxpayer with two businesses, one of which is […] Read moreClubroot has been found in new areas. Whether it’s new to you or a perennial problem, learn how to keep it out of your fields
Clubroot has infected three new Alberta counties, and all the counties along Highway 16 to the Saskatchewan border now have clubroot. Farmers in counties with clubroot and areas bordering those counties, are on high alert, says an agronomist. “They should be really intensively looking for this to make sure they manage it before it gets […] Read more
