How Does Your Crop Residue Measure Up?

You can estimate crop residue cover using these techniques between harvest and emergence of the next crop.

Managing Crop Residue at Harvest and Beyond

Putting down an even cover of crop residue protects the soil surface and sets the stage for a healthy seedbed. It all starts with the combine.

Backwater flooding covers stretches of farm lands near Yazoo City, Miss., Sunday, March 17, 2019, as seen in this aerial photograph. Various communities in the Mississippi Delta are combatting both Mississippi River flooding and backwater flooding that are affecting homes, businesses and farm lands. (AP Photo/Holbrook Mohr)

The Road to Recovery for 2019 Cropland

Whether prevented-planted or late-planted, many crop fields need special care going forward after an extremely tough weather year. Experts share advice for what’s next for best practices this fall and beyond.

Opportunity Seized

After emigrating from Germany, two brothers seized the moment and put in the hours, building a successful contract-farming business from scratch.

The Fendt Ideal Combine

Available in Class 7, 8 and 9 models, the Fendt® IDEAL™ combine sets a new standard for efficiency, grain-handling care and speed, and all-around performance.

An overhead view of a harvesting machine collecting grain.

Harvest More Than Grain

Pre-harvest planning and maintenance help make the most of your combine pass.

At Home On His Farm

He grew it into one of Quebec’s largest farm operations. Still, Laurent Bousquet continues to look for new opportunities provided by the markets, his own ingenuity, even the weather.

Harvest

Clean Grain, Clean Fields with a Gleaner S98

Doing More with Less Equipment

Top Three Lessons From Four Years of AGCO Crop Tours