Agronomy Insights

From start to finish, phosphorus is a key team player with an important role in crop growth, development and productivity. Timing, availability and balancing with other nutrients help crops fully utilize available P. Start with fall soil testing to optimize P in your fertility program.

Choosing a hybrid is more than just picking a product from a seed guide. With an understanding of each hybrid’s basic production traits and yield potential, we can help you match the right hybrid to the unique needs and production capacity of your fields. Turn to Southern States agronomy experts to help you maximize yields on your farm.

Spring green-up is a critical juncture for the wheat crop for Southern States farmers. Be sure you’re not allowing early-season weeds, insects and diseases to erode yield potential by scouting thoroughly and applying the right combination of fungicides and insecticides.

Fall weed control can be an important step in keeping fields clean all year. Scout fields after harvest, follow these tips and contact your Southern States agronomy expert for solutions for your farm.

Optimizing yields on every acre while controlling inputs takes more than your Granddad’s fertility program. Southern States agronomy experts bring you the precision testing, tools and know how to help you develop a fertility plan to boost your bottom line on every acre.

Protect against yield-robbing insect damage by scouting soybean fields even before the planter rolls. Let your Southern States Cooperative agronomy experts help devise a scouting plan.

Yield-robbing insects may lurk below your soybean crop’s closed canopy. Let Southern States Cooperative agronomy experts help you create a mid-season scouting plan and treatment options.

High-yielding crops pull nutrients from the soil ― more than farmers may realize. A plethora of tools are available to ensure that your fertility plan includes levels of nutrients needed for top yields. See your Southern States expert for help to get the needed nutrients on your acres.

Micronutrients can make the difference between average yields and a bumper crop. As important players on a balanced team of vital nutrients, micronutrients help crops withstand stress and optimize yields.

Achieving optimal soybean yields requires a nutrition program that works from planting to harvest. Research shows that inoculated seed helps produce greater yields and higher returns. Southern States agronomy experts can help you find an inoculant specific to your fields.

The fall season is the first opportunity to establish yield potential for the crop that will be planted the following spring. Grid sampling is a tool to establish baseline fertility values for lime, phosphorous (P) and potassium (K).

Wheat growers who plan to store their crop should take essential steps before harvest to prepare grain storage bins properly to protect grain from pests and moisture. Your local Southern States Cooperative agronomy experts can help you select a grain bin insecticide and identify harvest measures to safeguard your stored crop from losses.