Set the Stage for Success in 2025 with the Best Yields & Tactics in 2024
Harvest is just around the corner for many. It’s also the time to start setting the stage for success in the 2025 season. It starts by establishing priorities and a plan for going into harvest, managing residue, and understanding how what you do now through the fall will affect next year’s growing season.
Northern Corn Leaf Blight
Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB) is a critical concern for corn growers, as it can severely impact crop health and yield under favorable conditions for the pathogen. The disease, driven by Exserohilum turcicum, thrives in warm, wet environments and can quickly spread if not controlled.
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.
New Year, New Resolutions for the Farm
With the turn to the 2024 calendar usually brings posts of everyone sharing their New Year’s resolutions. While to most people it is in the form of eating healthier, working out more, being kinder to the neighbors, or traveling more the question we have is: what are your New Year’s resolutions for the farm? A wise person once shared a very simple, yet impactful phrase with me that’s very important as we set new goals and approach a new season. Simply put: don’t forget that sometimes you have to take the time to work ON the business and not always FOR the business. This all starts with reviewing the past, and deciding on what direction we are going in the future.