By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
When it came to deciding whether or not to spend $120,000 to install a center pivot in an area where the systems are a rarity, “We had to do some serious thinking,” says John Grant, who farms hill land in north central Mississippi....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Grain storage entrapments/deaths don’t get much attention in the media because they don’t happen often (a farmer is more likely to be in an vehicle- or farm equipment-related accident), they aren’t high profile, and there has been little university interest and no funded research into numbers/causes....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Mid-South farmers incorporating on-farm storage into their grain production, management, and marketing programs, need to be aware of the long-term consequences of pest damage in stored grain, says Jason Ward, Mississippi State University Extension associate agricultural engineer....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
On-farm grain storage can offer Mid-South growers several potential advantages: gaining early market premiums; improved market flexibility; reduced risk of severe weather; aflatoxin reduction; early fall tillage; improved management of the farm operation, and more timely harvesting....
In today’s integral planter market there are a multitude of different seeding applications that require unique planter configurations....
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The dramatic increase in Mid-South acres of “yellow gold” in recent years has filled the rural landscape with a corresponding proliferation of “silver monuments,” says Mike Buschermohle....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Although they term themselves “newcomers” to growing cotton — they’ve only been at it five years — Glenn Mast and his son, Rodney, say adding the crop was in keeping with their long-time business philosophy....
By Hembree Brandon
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Equal opportunity for plants — that’s what Glenn Mast and his son, Rodney, say they provide their crops when they band fertilizer under the row....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
John Deere’s 7760 cotton picker with on-board module builder had a slightly higher efficiency and picking capacity than its Case IH ME 625 counterpart and conventional picking systems, according to a study by Mid-South agricultural engineers. ...
Deere & Company has announced a new global operating model that will combine the technology, expertise, experience, channels and investments of the Worldwide Agricultural Equipment Division and the Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division into a single unit called the Worldwide Agriculture and Turf Division....
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