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Learning from planting mistakes to achieve better yields
A farm equipment manufacturer is touring the Midwest recreating common planting mistakes to help growers achieve higher yields.
AGCO tactical marketing manager for seeding and tillage Joe Whorton says they’ve set up 10-acre demonstration fields across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
“What we’re trying to do is bring customers out and really get in the field and highlight what type of yield impacts common mistakes can have on your operation, with the idea farmers can take this knowledge home and try to do a little bit better job next year.”
He tells Brownfield each plot includes strips comparing plant emergence, season-long plant progress, and how variables impact yield.
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