Understanding the nutrient content of cover crops can be challenging because it depends on many different factors. Grasping everything that could affect the nutrient value of cover crops can be like trying to drink from a fire hose, says Jim Hoorman, but there are ways to simplify and understand how to determine what nutrients cover crops deliver to cash crops.

Crop Progress shows corn condition good/excellent +3% vs. last week, and the acreage report was largely as expected with corn acreage confirmed +5% year-over-year.

Russell Hedrick noticed that late-season fertility uptake was being limited by inadequate moisture availability in his soil. He solved that problem in 2023 by attaching a deep-banding fertilizer bar with Yetter 2996 20-inch coulters to his planter.

Chemical insecticides are largely ineffective against soybean gall midge, so researchers are examining alternative management tools are vital for suppressing this hungry pest, which has spread across seven states

Soybeans planted around April 20 achieved an average yield of more than 70 bushels per acre while those planted a month later yielded around 60 bushels per acre.