Crop Progress

Pioneer forage information from GrowingPoint

Now is a good time to evaluate your alfalfa stands 
Experts at Pioneer Hi-Bred offer these tips to determine stand quality

Know the score
For top silage, know the score. Trait scores help forage growers select the appropriate corn silage hybrids.

Alfalfa traits you need
Incorporate the traits you need. Breeders are enhancing alfalfa seed varieties with a greater array of favorable attributes.

Drought-tolerant crops developed through modern breeding are key
Drought-tolerant crops developed through modern breeding are key to sustainably increasing production — discussion on opportunities and challenges of maize cultivation under dry conditions.

Evaluate Forage in the Field

Should you let alfalfa stand?

Fall Alfalfa Management Key to Healthy Spring Growth

Dairy Herd Management Articles

Unlocking the secrets of corn plant roots
Researchers are examining corn root complexity and how it impacts corn development.

Save soil and maintain corn yields 
Early research from Iowa State University says both are possible.

6 ways to cut losses from wheel traffic 
Use these management tips to reduce alfalfa yield losses.

Maintain a good relationship between manure and alfalfa 
Use these hints when applying manure to alfalfa fields.  

Revised Purdue forage guide offers new sections 
Updated publication has been enhanced to offer more complete information.

Time alfalfa harvest right 
Use the predictive equations for alfalfa quality to predict optimum dates for first cuttings. 

Reduce yield loss for crops under stress 
Plant researchers are taking a long look at stress in order to improve crop productivity.      

10 practices to increase corn yields 
Use these tips to get the most from your fields this season.

Wet weather delays spring forage plantings
Check out these tips for dealing with the soggy conditions.

Only you can prevent hay fires
Hay fires occur more often within 6 weeks of hay bailing than any other time. Use these tips to prevent hay fires.

Miscanthus can host Western Corn Rootworm 
Perennial grass used for biofuels can support rootworm beetle larvae to adulthood

Emerging alfalfa disease or weird weather?
Mycoleptodiscus crown and root rot has been around since the 1950s, but for some reason, a couple of Midwest forage labs saw in increase of the disease last summer. The affected plants were from new and established fields.

1. Class III futures see little change
2. Showers to slow U.S. corn seedings from blistering pace
3. White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
4. Weather report: Thunderstorms dot the southern Plains
5. Corn market reacted poorly to the Crop Progress data
6. 4 rules for growing a business or industry

1. 4 rules for growing a business or industry
2. D.C. Watch: Farm bill progressing
3. April milk production up 0.3 percent
4. Class III futures close out quietly last week
5. What are the drivers of profit in your dairy herd?
6. Lowfat dairy may cut diabetes risk

1. Commentary: Slanting the statistics
2. World food supply depends on character, virtuous leadership
3. Buffet concerned about soil and starvation
4. Cold spring stunts upper Midwest hay crop
5. N.M. rancher charged with 43 counts of animal cruelty
6. 2014 Farm Bill: Are we near an agreement?