Vexing variability 

By: by Gil Gullickson

Optimum population rate swings stymie the potential of variable rate planting. Yet, improved data collection may one day aid this promising technology....

Precision vision 

By: by Wayne Wenzel

Farmers eye the next step in ag technology.

Variable rate seeding 1 

By: Gil Gullickson

Like nitrogen application, seeding rates have long vexed farmers. Since not all parts of the field are equal, you may be seeding above or below the soil's...

Variable rate nitrogen 

By: Gil Gullickson

Nitrogen has long been a nuisance for farmers. Apply too little and crop yields suffer. Apply too much, and you run the risk of runoff. With agriculture...

Variable rate seeding 

By: Gil Gullickson

Like nitrogen application, seeding rates have long vexed farmers. Since not all parts of the field are equal, you may be seeding above or below the soil's...

Unveiling unproductive acres - Producers use precision technology to nix low-quality land 

By: Gil Gullickson

Profitability maps help farmers sift unproductive acres from productive land, says Jeff Nesbitt, president of Precision Partners, a Fergus Falls, MN,...

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''Seeing'' weeds 

By: Joan Olson

Weed sensors will lead to targeted herbicide applications.

Look, no hands! 

By: Wayne Wenzel

Murray Palin, a small-grain farmer in Calgary, Alberta, knows firsthand how a wheat out can get the best of any driver. Fatigue sets in, the mind wanders,...

Metering manure 

By: Joan Olson

With commercial fertilizer in short supply and prices approaching historic highs, livestock manure is more valuable than ever. But exploiting manure's...