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When selecting hybrids for your farming operation, you must assess your farming operation's strengths and weaknesses in order for you to properly evaluate hybrids. Hoegemeyer can help you pinpoint what works best for your unique conditions. Contact us to learn more about selecting the right corn hybrids for your fields.

Corn ears have tipped back more than normal in a large number of fields and seed brands across the corn belt this year. Learn more about causes and approaches you can use.

Many of us agree that soybeans are normally over planted and that we have a high percentage of more plants in the field than what we need for maximum yield. Read here about skips in your soybeans, management and best practices, or contact Hoegemeyer directly to learn more.

Excellent planting accuracy and stands can be achieved using all seed sizes with appropriate planter adjustments and calibration. Read our plantability guidelines and management tips here, or contact us at Hoegemeyer directly to learn more about optimizing planter performance.

Most cropping seasons see delayed emergence problems show up in corn and soybeans somewhere in the corn belt. We can answer the question of what conditions cause emerging corn to be delayed.

Read the latest from Hoegemeyer on winter annual weeds and no-till farming, or contact us to learn more. Annual weeds' job is to produce seed so that the species will continue on next year, everything else is secondary. Unlike summer annual weeds such as foxtail or velvet leaf which typically germinate and produce seed within a summer growing season, winter annuals actually germinate in the fall and begin growing before winter.

Read our Goss's Bacterial Wilt Technical Bulletin, or contact us directly at Hoegemeyer to learn more about managing this troublesome corn disease.

Learn more about making corn maturity switch decisions, including an article by Dr. Tom Hoegemeyer.