As the 2025 corn and soybean planting season approaches, uncertainty looms over growers across the Corn Belt. Unpredictable spring temperatures, evolving agronomic threats, ever-tightening profit margins and shifting acreage expectations make the timing of planting decisions more critical than ever.…
By Dr. Kess Berg, Chief Innovation Officer, Advanced Agrilytics As the 2025 planting season approaches, producers across the Corn Belt prepare to face the annual battle with the one major factor in crop production they can’t control – Mother Nature.…
Near the town of Columbus, Indiana – noted for its collection of modern architecture – you’ll find Albert O’Connor’s farm. Albert, along with wife Kim and son Jake, farm approximately 2,500 acres of corn, soybeans and seed corn, and run…
Spring tillage season is almost upon us. And so starts the annual crunch that is corn and soybean planting time. Over the years, most farms have gotten larger and larger, but the number of days to work the fields hasn’t…
When Kyle Mehmen made some personnel changes a couple of years ago at MBS Family Farms, based near Plainfield, Iowa, he started shopping around for farm consulting services. A fifth-generation farmer who primarily grows corn and soybeans, he knew he…
Brownfield Ag News Series: Unlocking Potential with Advanced Agrilytics Check out the first video of the Brownfield Ag News Series: Unlocking Potential with Advanced Agrilytics. Research Agronomy Lead, AJ Woodyard, shares his insights on how to be successful with early…
When variable weather across the corn belt strikes, the pressure to know when planting conditions are right for your operation weighs heavy. Do you go or do you wait? What do you really need to be accounting for as you…
Every new growing season brings great potential, but how do you make it a reality? For a successful soybean crop, it starts by understanding sub-field environments and how they impact yield, to answer the questions of why and how. This…
The past three weeks have allowed for rapid progress on soybean harvest in many areas of the Midwest. While soybean yields have been variable based on the conditions experienced through the growing season, one frequent inquiry has been around the…