A $400,000 combine harvests only about 0.4 hectares per hour. At Oklahoma State University, Dr. Brian Arnall explained why speed is not the priority for a plot combine and what data it collects from each research plot.
Ukrainian farmers already use no-till, cover crops, and other regenerative practices, yet systematic domestic research remains scarce. Why is agricultural science responding so slowly to changes already taking place on farms?
The same hybrid, planting date, and nitrogen rate, yet completely different yields. During a visit to Veris in Kansas, I saw how mobile soil sensors reveal what lies beneath the field’s surface and help explain differences that ordinary soil sampling …
On Michael Thompson’s farm, the farming system is inseparable from economics. Weather, available moisture, and field conditions determine what makes sense in a given year, while machinery must, above all, do its job reliably.
Do cover crops use up moisture in dry conditions? Michael Thompson’s experience in Kansas shows how species selection, termination timing, crop residue, and soil condition determine whether cover crops compete for water or help the soil absorb and retain it.
