Conventionally, garden rows are narrow things, at the most a foot wide, and in between each one, there lies a trough, which helps to keep crop roots from getting waterlogged. Read the package of just ...
Growers may be interested in wide-row wheat production due to reductions in equipment inventory (lack of grain drill) and to allow intercropping of soybean into wheat. With funding from the Ohio Small ...
If you’re on Twitter, you’ve likely seen a lot of buzz around wide-row corn (44-inch or 60-inch) with cover crops seeded between rows. The goal is to space the corn rows out to provide more light for ...
Corn rows seeded 60 inches apart or more aim to accommodate both corn and cover crops. Resides In: West Des Moines, Iowa Background Gil Gullickson grew up on a Langford, South Dakota, century farm ...
How low can a farmer go? Plant 30,000 seeds per acre, or a lean 20,000, or even a bare-bones 5,000, and still maintain profit levels? Across three years of ongoing field trials, Thomas Hairston is ...
VIDEO: WHILE many grain growers have shifted to wider row spacings to accommodate stubble retention, new research has revealed the move could be costing crop yields through lower water use efficiency.
Less is more for Adam Chappell. Plant under half as much seed, remove every other crop row, apply a reduced rate of fertilizer—yet maintain yield, smother weeds, and increase profit? Welcome to ...