Early Season Soybean Concerns
Recent weather has caused an array of pests to emerge on early season soybean plants. Several of them may look familiar as corn pests too.
Springtime Corn Seedling Diseases – Part 3
Managing corn seedling diseases begins with an effective fungicide seed treatment package and includes management practices and planting procedures. This is part 3 of the Springtime Corn Seedling Diseases series to help you fight back against corn diseases.
Flooding Impacts on 2024 Crops
Many areas across the AgVenture network and Midwest have seen an abundance of recent rainfall, presenting a formidable challenge to farmers and their crops. See what steps you can take to produce more bushels in the fall if you find your fields in this situation.
Springtime Corn Seedling Diseases – Part 2
See Part 2 of our corn seedling disease articles on soil-inhabiting disease organisms that attack corn seeds and seedlings that include Pythium, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, Penicillium, Colletotrichum, Diplodia, and others. Each of these fungal genera includes multiple species capable of infecting corn that can differ in pathogenicity and environmental influences. Read more on these diseases you may encounter this spring.
Springtime Corn Seedling Diseases
A great ending has to start with a solid beginning. See what Mark Jeschke, Ph.D., Agronomy Manager, Corteva Agriscience says about what corn diseases may be in your fields.
Planning For Pre-Emergent Herbicides for Corn and Soybeans
The 2023 growing season was challenging, especially when it comes to corn and soybean weed control. You know too well that weeds are a top threat to corn and soybean yield potential — and the future of crop production. Take another moment to assess the tools that are available for developing an effective weed control program, starting with the strategic use of pre-emergent herbicides.
Pest Threats of Late Planted Corn
Late planting changes the growth cycle of corn, making it more susceptible to pests and diseases during critical growth stages. See the steps you can take to prevent pests in your fields.
Ross Wins NCGA Kansas Corn Yield Contest with AgVenture Brand Corn
AgVenture brand dealer and farmer Kelby Ross from Plains, Kansas, won the state title in the 2023 National Corn Growers (NCGA) National Corn Yield Contest for achieving the highest corn yield in the Kansas no-till, irrigated land class. Read more on how he accomplished the win.
It’s Almost Go Time for 2024
High yielding tactics we utilize as part of the Maximum Profit System™ include practices, details, and extra effort that create success stories for the growing season. No one hybrid, practice, fertilizer, or product is going to be a silver bullet; rather a management plan must come together for all the pieces to fit into your operations and to create your vision of success. Check out some tactics and practices you can use to push yields this upcoming growing season.
Shutting the Door on Brown Stem Rot
The AgVenture brand soybean line-up continues to show off better and better scores each year against Sudden Death Syndrome, Phytophthora Root Rot, Charcoal Rot and Brown Stem Rot.
See what Jeff Shaner, soybean product lead, says about how once-dominant Brown Stem Rot is becoming less of an issue for AgVenture customers.