At the 2024 Corn and Forage Meeting, hosted by UNH Extension, Allen Wilder, forage agronomist at the Miner Institute , discussed a wide variety of new products being introduced to the corn industry. Many of these products are marketed as a way to help corn fix its own nitrogen (N) or mitigate stress...

Hello, farm family! Last week, a couple farmers were sharing their feelings about spraying chemicals on their crops when one exclaimed, “It doesn’t matter! It has to be done.” That broke my heart. Behind that statement I heard “I’ll do whatever is best for the crop, because that’s what good farmers ...

I’m writing this column 11 days after spring officially started. Five days prior to that (March 15), the New York State Environmental Conservation Department ordered a mandatory outdoor burning ban. Such remains in effect at least until June 15. The compulsory ban is based on average early spring co...