Posts in Category 'Crop Care'

A Family Farm in the Economic Sweet Spot

Just outside the tiny township of Strykersville, N.Y. sits Fontaine Farms, the highly regarded dairy operation run by brothers Jim and Steve Fontaine. In March, the snowbanks around the barn haven’t quite thawed, and for Jim and Steve, the colder...

Agro-Brief: Creating Performance Seedbeds

Replace worn sweeps, blades, and harrows Level tillage tools Set working depths Monitor speed Avoid Compaction Developing a good seedbed is important to get the crops off to a good start; yet often overlooked or difficult to obtain. Seedbeds need...

Agro-Brief: Nutrient Management – Banding

By: Darren Goebel, Director – Global Commercial Crop Care  Improve Farm Profitability Reduce Nutrient Losses Improve Nutrient Use Efficiency Increase Yield Reduce Nutrient Stratification Discussion: Growers are always looking for ways to improve farm profits, even more so in a down...

Sunflower Seed and Tillage: Built Around the Parts

Today’s farmers have to overcome numerous hurdles in preparing optimum seedbeds: hard-packed soil, heavy residue left over from genetically modified crops, erosion concerns, and continued demands for speed and efficiency. To meet the challenge, Sunflower offers more than 100 models...

White Planters Shares Tips for Using Plant Emergence for Planter Evaluation

As farmers around the country evaluate young plants at emergence, it is also the perfect time to judge whether or not their planters performed up to expectations. “Farmers only get 30 to 40 opportunities to plant in their entire career,”...

New Sunflower Tillage Tools Cover More Acres in Less Time

Sunflower® is expanding its tillage offering to include the new 6650-48 vertical tillage tool as part of the 6600 Series, along with two larger split-wing disc harrows from the 1436 Series. The 6650-48 provides farmers with a class-leading, true working...

New Full-tilt Tillage Tools Hit Market

Manufacturers are switching their focus from moisture conservation implements to full-tilt tillage tools as waterlogged fields become the muddy new norm rather than the exception. In response to farmer demand, Sunflower introduced two new implements in September: the 6650-48 vertical...

Sunflower Tillage

Today’s farmers have to overcome numerous hurdles in preparing optimum seedbeds: hard-packed soil, heavy residue left over from genetically modified crops, erosion concerns, and continued demands for speed and efficiency. To meet the challenge, Sunflower offers more than 100 models...

High-speed Air Seeding – Ten Days to Define Your Harvest!

“Whether you plant in the autumn or spring, there is typically only a ten-day window to get the precious seed into the ground – you have to act fast and accurately,” says Cameron McKenzie, Seeding & Tillage Manager for the...