Dive into the Fall 2017 Issue of AGCO Performance Agronomy
Read how high-speed technology – from data transfer to faster drills – can improve productivity and profits in the digital Fall 2017 issue of AGCO’s Performance Agronomy, now online.
Posts in Category 'Tillage'
Fall Tillage Factors
New university studies on how different tillage methods impact soil warming and health help answer producer questions.
Read the Summer 2017 Issue of AGCO Performance Agronomy
With a focus on field imagery and all things tillage, the digital Summer 2017 edition of AGCO’s Performance Agronomy is now online along with related web-exclusive resource lists and videos.
The Sunflower 6830 Series: A New Era in Tillage
With wet conditions impacting much of the corn and soybean-producing areas of Minnesota and Iowa, it has been tough to perform effective tillage. However, last week, the clouds parted for a few days and gave way to fair tillage conditions...
Becknology with AGCO and Beck’s Hybrids
AGCO is collaborating with Beck’s Hybrids to demonstrate yield and productivity advantages of the new Sunflower 9830NT. The 9830NT was featured at a recent Beck’s field day (Becknology Days) in Henderson, KY. Throughout the course of the day, hundreds of...
Crop Tour 2016: Indiana Edition
By Darren Goebel Greetings once again from Crop Tour 2016. During the last week of July, I travelled to the Kevin Trimble farm in Amboy, Indiana, about an hour north of Indianapolis. While most of the Midwest has been getting...
Global greetings from Crop Tour 2016
By Darren Goebel Greetings from Crop Tour 2016! Crop Tour is an initiative at AGCO in which we are gathering information throughout the growing season and demonstrating how different variables that farmers face every year can impact overall yield potential....
AGCO Equipment Helps This Family Farm Get More Work Done with Less Labor
Jim Fontaine says he’s not interested in getting bigger as a business; he and his family have found an economic sweet spot in their dairy operation (see more about it here). But that doesn’t mean he and brother Steve aren’t...
AGCO Planting Options Offer Speed and Accuracy
Most farmers view seeding as the most important task they complete each year. With few exceptions, the old axiom, “How you start is how you’ll end,” holds true in crop production. If seed is not planted at a uniform depth,...