In early-planted soybean fields with cold and wet soils, seeding diseases like soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS) can have an economically significant eect on yields. In 2014, for example, our team found 20 percent yield losses attributed to SDS in some fields. Addressing SDS and its triggers early can minimize the disease’s impact. Primarily, SDS stems from the Fusarium virguliforme pathogen, …
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Foliar Wheat Products from BigYield.us
BigYield.us Wheat Products Offer Winning Big Yield Solution
With the right production environment and inputs, wheat can be a winner on your farm. BigYield.us has several products proven to improve wheat plant health, yields and total production on your farm this year. Our team especially likes the potential that foliar applications have this year for boosting wheat yields. Our BigWheat150, Yield- Booster and BigBioYield products all may be used …
Read More »Low Projected Net Farm Income Forces Focus on Efficiency
USDA recently released updated net farm income data. It shared that net farm income totaled $90.4 billion in 2014, and it’s projected to total $55.9 billion in 2015. Not since 2002 has net farm income dropped to levels lower than those predicted for 2015. Just two years ago, net farm income hit a $123.3 billion high. The projections suggest that …
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Shrinking Net Farm Income Forces Focus on Efficiency
Most everyone knows that the world’s population will grow from about 7 billion people today to exceed an estimated 9 billion people by 2050. That along with an expanding middle class will require agriculture to double food production, but USDA tells us that global production is not accelerating fast enough. Some people may suggest that planting all GMO crops would …
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