The Importance of Organic Content
The Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Okla., one of the most respected agriculture research institutions, recently published an article on the value of soil organic content. Dr. Eddie Funderburg, a senior soil and crop consultant with the Noble Foundation, explains the...
Winter Pasture Management
In the Central and Southern Plains, winter grazing is a big deal. Most of these pastures are cereal grains. It's common to mix in forage turnips or other brassicas. Depending on geography, winter pastures in this area may also consist of annual ryegrass. These...
The Benefits of FractureRadish
Jon Douglas, CHS Seed Resources district sales manager and agronomist, worked with a grower in the Texas Panhandle to develop a cover crop program. The fields were planted this fall, and the results have been fascinating. For the grower's needs, it was decided to...
Cover Crop Acres Continue to Increase
A recent article in Seed World magazine highlights the continued rise in popularity of cover crops. The article references the 2015 Cover Crop Survey conducted by the Conservation Technology Information Center and previous year's surveys. The surveys indicated those...
Cover Crop Benefits Featured in National Commercial by Notre Dame
Sept. 22, 2015 - The University of Notre Dame recently released a television commercial highlighting the benefits of cover crop use. Among other places, the 2-minute commercial was feature nationally on NBC Sept. 19 during the Notre Dame football game against Georgia...
CHS Seed Resources Announces New Seed Manager for Northern Plains
Sept. 28, 2015 - CHS Seed Resources announced earlier this month that Derek Barber has accepted the position of district sales manager and agronomist for CHS Seed Resources, covering North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana east of the Continental Divide. Derek spent 17...
CHS Seed Resources Announces New Seed Manager for Central and Southern Plains
Sept. 7, 2015 - Jon Douglas has accepted the position as agronomist and district sales manager for CHS Seed Resources, covering Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Jon has spent his entire 34-year career in agriculture. For the past 10 years, Jon has...
CHS Seed Resources Is Now Available to Country Operations in the Great Plains
Sept. 22, 2015 - CHS Seed Resources is a program within Country Operations that started in fall of 2014. It produces and procures forage, cover crop, food plot, native and turf seed to distribute to Country Operations. CHS owns seed processing facilities in the...
CHS Seed Resources Distributes Fall Cover Crop and Forage Guide
CHS Seed Resources recently mailed out a fall edition of its Forage and Cover Crop Guide to growers in the Pacific Northwest. Growers in other regions will likely start receiving these highly educational mailings as CHS Seed Resources expands distribution to other...
CHS Forage Sorghum Looks Good in Texas
Forage sorghum and sorghum-sudangrass are a big deal in the Plains from North Dakota to Texas. These forages are well adapted to the hot and/or usually arid conditions of that region. This summer has been an especially good year for forage sorghum and sorghum-sudan in...