Most people envision harvest season as being in September and October, as the weather cools and the big farm machines take to the corn and bean fields in rural areas. But harvest is much bigger than that, and there are several crops that are commonly harvested from your fields and your gardens in the year’s […]

Most people don’t think of summer as prime harvest season for crops — after all, corn and beans and many types of tomatoes still have a lot of time left until they mature. However there are folks picking apples in the pounding heat, while others may be out cutting hay or wheat. This is also […]

For farmers who didn’t perform basic maintenance of their grain storage system following the 2017 harvest, it’s better to tackle that work now rather than trying to fit it in later this season, says Gary Woodruff, conditioning applications manager for GSI. Woodruff said farmers shouldn’t miss these most important steps: Check all conveyor belts for […]

Rock River Laboratory recommends four steps for growers and their consultants to work through in order to gain that extra yield.

Growers in Wisconsin and New York State are between a rock and a hard place as they wait for corn to dry down in the field.

A Funkhouser, Illinois farmer made a shocking discovery this week while harvesting soybeans … a human body.

As if you need another reason to love the harvest season … straw bale art! It’s always a treat to spot some creative round bales on display on the farm and we’ve picked some of our favorites from Instagram. ☀️ Good morning Sunshine ☀️ Me and my serious friend made of straw bales hope you […]

Harvest timing can mean everything when it comes to soybean shatter losses, according to North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer Ken Hellevang. “Field losses, splits, and cracked seed coats increase as moisture content decreases,” he says. “Shatter losses have been shown to increase significantly when seed moisture falls below 11 percent or when […]

Harvesting soybeans often grinds to a halt every time the combine operator has to climb down out of the cab to manually check for quality — whole, un-split beans without stray husk material. Researchers from Kyoto University and University of Illinois recently developed a machine to automate the process, checking for soybean split on the […]

With the spring planting and growing season we had across much of the Midwest, there’s a bigger chance this year for more variability out in the field. That’s why Wyffels Hybrids recommends getting a good assessment of the stage and health of the crop leading up to harvest. “We want to make sure we really […]