Farms.com Home   News

Agriculture This Week: Where will science take crops?

If you are an agricultural producer you have to be fascinated with what science could provide in terms of crop production in the year ahead.

Actually, when you consider the sheer volume of ‘science’ being undertaken the potential of advancement on most fronts of human endeavour are at the very least fascinating to consider.

But, farm production advancements bring it closer to home, and stand to be a positive for that important sector of the Prairie economy.

The science of farming really is going in directions which would make a science fiction writer like Isaac Asimov proud.

Click here to see more...

Trending Video

How to Do Stand Counts in Corn

Video: How to Do Stand Counts in Corn


Stand counts are one of the most important early-season checks you can do in a corn field. In this video we walk you through exactly how to do them, what to look for, and when to worry. We cover the two-tool method, the two-leaf-stage rule, replanting decisions, herbicide residual considerations, and velvet leaf identification. Planted April 11th in cold conditions, stand counts came back solid at around 30,000 across the field.