Lessiter Publications is pleased to announce the hiring of Brad Hemze as the new E-Media Director. He succeeds Jeremy McGovern, who had been serving in dual editorial/e-media role since 2011. McGovern was promoted earlier this summer to Executive Editor of the firm's Equine Health Division.

Plough-based tillage still dominates for all crops in Ireland, but it is expensive and requires intensive cultivation of the soil. In other regions, less intensive tillage systems such as direct drilling are used extensively.

Inaugural National Strip-Tillage Conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will provide farmers practicing strip-till a platform to learn valuable strategies.

Already becoming known for its superior performance in applying anhydrous ammonia in heavy residue no-till conditions with little to no visible disturbance at 20" and 30" toolbar row spacing options, AgSynergy now offers its Genesis TRX row unit on the DR toolbar model with 15" row spacing.

Fertilizer company Agrium will complete the expansion of its Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, potash mine despite the break-up of the Belarusian Potash Co.

Wisconsin corn agronomist Joe Lauer explains how to predict if a corn crop will mature before frost.

From year to year, the most consistent results and the greatest benefits are seen when foliar fungicide applications are made at tassel or silking, Ohio State University says.

Syngenta announced today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the Agrisure Duracade 5122, E-Z Refuge and Agrisure Duracade 5222, E-Z Refuge trait stacks. These single-bag refuge products will provide growers with unmatched corn rootworm protection plus a convenient 5 percent integrated refuge.

Bestway Inc. a leading specialty agricultural equipment manufacturer and marketer, recently announced the introduction of the AutoGlide automatic sprayer boom height control system for most self-propelled, pull type and large 3-point mounted sprayers

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced today that cost share funds are available to help farmers install nutrient reduction practices. The initial practices that are prioritized for funding this fall are cover crops, no-till or strip till, or using a nitrification inhibitor when applying fertilizer.