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Harness the Soil to Feed Your Crop
Applying fertilizer is the conventional practice in production agriculture. Growers are using combinations of natural nutrient cycling (soil biology, microbial…
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7 Steps for Removing Herbicide Residues
Properly cleaning a self-propelled or pull-behind sprayer may take an hour or more. If you cut corners, you increase the…
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Tank Cleanout for Herbicide Residues: Turning a Lot Into a Little
The procedure for removing herbicide residue from the inside of a sprayer tank is no different than the procedure for…
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Where Do Herbicide Residues Hide?
Self-propelled sprayers are becoming more popular than pull-type sprayers with farmers, and they have become standard for agricultural retailers. In…
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Herbicide Application Timing and Proper Cleanout: Farmers Have Choices, Retailers Don’t
Everyone with an interest in a crop takes pride in watching it grow during the season. No one likes to…
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8 Reasons Why Unwanted Herbicide Residues Might Happen
There are several reasons why unwanted herbicide residues continue to find their way onto the wrong crops. This was one…
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Factors That Lead to Herbicide Injury
Herbicides can damage crops in many ways. Applying the wrong herbicide can damage susceptible crops, so can herbicides that drift from…
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Talking Industry Issues and ARA with John Oster
CropLife’s Eric Sfiligoj welcomes special guest John Oster of Morral Companies into the studio to discuss key market concerns and…
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Corn Growers Welcome Year-Round E15
National Corn Growers Association President Lynn Chrisp has praised an announcement from President Trump, setting the necessary regulatory steps in…
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When Weed Killers Miss Their Mark
The field appears as a checkerboard: thriving green crops beside squares of shriveling beige stalks. This was not a farmer’s…
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Weed Management Key for Georgia Cotton Farmers
Using postemergence herbicides to control problematic weeds has been recently successful for Georgia cotton farmers, according to University of Georgia…
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Video: Palmer Amaranth Time-Lapse, Late Growth
A time-lapse video of Palmer amaranth plants growing during July 2014 was captured in north central Indiana by the Purdue…