NEWS LANCASTER FARMING
Read more about the FIRST program in these stories. There are 3 articles for LANCASTER FARMING.
AgUpdate | Healthy corn crop limited by drought in some locations
While drought headlined the season in many Midwestern areas, that meant disease wasn’t nearly as prevalent around the region. When examining the Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies (FIRST) corn yield results in 2022, field managers said this was one of the better years they’ve seen in quite a while in terms of management and disease impact.
November 24, 2022
Lancaster Farming | Like the Rain, Silage Season Off to a Sporadic Start
“It certainly is a weird year,” said Rob Kauffman, field manager for Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies. “I’ve had people tell me the plant moisture is running around 60%, but the grain is barely at milk line. There will be a lot of last- minute decisions on when to start chopping.”
September 22, 2022
Mid-Atlantic Grain Harvest Sees Wet Weather, Good Yields
Rob Kauffman, field manager for Farmers’ Independent Research of Seed Technologies, was about halfway through the harvest on corn seed research plots throughout Pennsylvania, and he said the yields are unlike anything he’s ever seen before.
November 1, 2021
Page 1