Each year, it seems like the corn crop in the Midwest gets planted earlier and earlier. A producer has one chance to plant each year and must live with the results for the remainder of the growing season. Here are a few things to consider when choosing to start planting

Every year, producers gear up for planting facing different challenges. This year, Kansas and a good portion of the Hoegemeyer footprint are in abnormally dry – extreme drought conditions. Here are some management tactics producers can take to help conserve soil moisture.

$4.00 corn is something farmers love to say.  Currently the new crop corn market (at the time this article was written) is well over $4.00/bushel.  The corn market hasn’t been this high since the fall of 2013, that’s eight years!  With the outlook of strong grain prices, let’s look at one way to potentially increase your yields and profits for 2021.

It’s that time of year again when producers are putting together their crop plans for the 2021 growing season. With the recent blast of cold weather, it feels like planting is far away, but, in fact, April 1 is only six weeks away. If you haven’t made decisions as to what crop to plant on every acre yet, here are seven tips that can help if you decide to grow corn on corn in the 2021 growing season.

Technology is changing todays planters faster than any other implement in farming.  But why shouldn’t it be?  The planter is the most important piece of equipment in your lineup! Technology that you can put onto your planter today will help you place seed more accurately, more efficiently and faster than ever before.

Corn rootworm is one of the pests that can cause significant yield loss for producers across the Hoegemeyer footprint. Read about the conditions that cause large rootworm populations and management recommendations for next season.

Follow these four steps to make the right choice and get the right seed for your farm.

Harvest is off to an early start here in Nebraska with the majority of soybeans combined and most producers at least started on corn.  Let's take a look at some key Hoegemeyer products that are yielding well in our Western footprint.