HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — PIC (Pig Improvement Company) announces the PIC Total Carcass Value Handbook, a new business resource for pork processors and producers. “The new handbook covers the practical aspects of pork production and includes detailed information about total carcass value,” says Andrzej Sosnicki, Ph.D., PIC Technical Director of Applied Meat Science. “Readers can learn […]

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Adam’s Folly is a good piece of ground west of Minneola, nicknamed for a hired hand that once ran the plow well into the neighbor’s field. With a gentle slope, a small lake characteristic of the area’s playas and a windfarm tower, the field is a consistent, productive one for Matt Jaeger […]

MADISON, Wis. — Double cropping is a practice where farmers harvest one crop, and then plant and harvest a second crop in the same field – all within the same year. It allows farmers to make the most out of the limited growing season. By double cropping soybean after winter wheat, farmers can increase their […]

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Wheat fields are greening up across Kansas — just in time for the 2021 National Wheat Yield Contest to open for grower enrollment. The contest features two primary competition categories: winter wheat and spring wheat, plus two subcategories: dryland and irrigated. “The National Wheat Yield Contest showcases how management can maximize yield […]