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Beneficial insects can play many important roles on the farm. One of those roles is potentially controlling harmful pests that could jeopardize crop health and yields. To know whether practices meant to attract beneficial insects are working, you can build Texas-style insect traps and pheromone lures. Capturing bugs in such traps enables farmers to measure the number of beneficial insects …

In-crop burning can serve as a chemical-free alternative for controlling weeds and insects in your fields as crops emerge and establish themselves. Before you head into a field with an in-crop, in-row burner, however, you should know several critical tips. Here are the top five things to know about in-crop burning from Kent Kauffman of our BigYield.us team. 1. Position …

Join BigYield.us and AgMaxx for their boot camp planned for Jan. 31, 2018, at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Independence, Mo . At the boot camp, which will be held in conjunction with the Mid-America Organic Association annual conference, certified crop advisers, farmers and other agriculture professionals will meet to learn more about new technologies and products …

Plant tissue sampling is an effective tool for detecting crop diseases and nutrient levels, including those for micronutrients. The process starts by cutting several leaves from the crop, such as corn or soybeans, that you’d like to test. A lab will then run an analysis of those samples. Tissue sampling can identify potential problems in low-yielding fields, or it can …

Growers have seen major benefits from combining our Yield Booster product, a 12-9-6 fertilizer and micronutrient pack, with our BigSweetYield, a cold-processed sweetener. By combining these two products, the BigSweetYield is driving the Yield Booster into the cell wall of the plant, creating a healthier plant, an increased yield, and great ROI. To learn more about using these products, call …

Through the use of burners, an alternative to chemicals for weed and insect control, the BigYield.us and Farm Research Center team have had great success with controlling weeds in this years organic corn fields. To learn more about using a burner to organically control weeds in crops such as corn and soybeans, call 844-242-4367, or go to http://bigyield.us/.  

New altitude technology enables growers to regularly collect important crop data and map it. Farmers can use the information to better manage their fields and cultivate a healthy crop. During the growing season, the altitude technology involves flying an airplane above fields every 10 days to 14 days. During those outings, the airplane collects four types of visual imagery that …

When applying foliar treatments, chelation can make a big difference. Chelation protects nutrient ions from environmental factors that can degrade nutrients and make them less available to plants. Our Yield Booster product is a foliar treatment that supplies multiple vital nutrients, including several that are chelated. For more information, call 844-242-4367, or go to https://www.bigyield.us/.

BigYieldCoat Soy, formulated to supply vital nutrients and support good emergence, growth and development, is a dry seed treatment. It works well in many planters, including those with center-fill units. To use BigYieldCoat Soy in a center-fill planter, first sprinkle the treatment as seed fills the planter. Then, mix to ensure that seed is covered evenly. The agitator in the …

Burners use propane-fueled torches to generate heat that measures roughly 2,200 degrees F. The heat can kill insects and their eggs found above the soil surface and within about the top 1/8 inch of soil. The heat can control insects such as stink bugs and armyworms. Growers can use a burner pre-emergence or post-emergence depending on insect pressure. Note that …