Weather is Tops for Determining Corn Yield

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, Corn, Farmers, FS Green Plan Solution, Growmark

University of Illinois Professor of Plant Physiology Dr. Fred Below is always excited to point out to growers how seven factors work together for high yield corn – weather, nitrogen, hybrid, previous crop, plant population, tillage and growth regulators. Dr. Below talked about his seven wonders of corn yield research at both the Iowa and Illinois Pursuit of Maximum Yields … Read More

Importance of Global Macroeconomics to US Farmers

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, Farmers, FS Green Plan Solution, Growmark

“You may not be interested in global macroeconomics, but it’s interested in you.” That is one of the main messages that Virginia Tech economist Dr. David Kohl had for growers attending the FS Green Plan Solutions Pursuit of Maximum Yields event in Collinsville, Illinois today. Dr. Kohl talked about the importance of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and … Read More

Creating Social Media Buzz about Maximum Yields

Cindy ZimmermanApps, Audio, FS Green Plan Solution, Growmark, social media

The hashtag #FSMaxYield was everywhere at the Pursuit of Maximum Yields event last week in Bettendorf, Iowa encouraging people at the event to “be part of the buzz.” “We’re excited to have a hashtag at the event,” said GROWMARK Electronic Communications Specialist Heather (Miller) Thompson. “We’ve given every grower and crop specialist a little card about how to tweet from … Read More

Pursuit of Maximum Yields Program Growing

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, Farmers, FS Green Plan Solution, Growmark

GROWMARK Manager of Agronomy Services Dr. Howard Brown may have started the FS Green Plan Solutions Pursuit of Maximum Yields (POMY) program, but he doesn’t like to call it “his baby” – he gives all the credit to MOM. “It’s all about MOM,” Brown said at the POMY event Thursday in Bettendorf, Iowa. “It’s about Maximizing yield, Optimizing nitrogen utilization … Read More

Market to Market Host at FS Grower Event

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, Events, FS Green Plan Solution, yields

A familiar face to Iowa growers was the host for the Pursuit of Maximum Yields event organized by FS Green Plan Solutions Thursday in Bettendorf, Iowa. Mark Pearson is long-time host of the Iowa Public Television program “Market to Market”, as well as being a farmer himself, and he was thrilled to be part of the event and excited about … Read More

Food, Resources, and Environmental Stewardship

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, environment, Fertilizer, FS Green Plan Solution, Growmark

In a world where crop yields need to continue growing to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for food, what can farmers do to manage and protect the environmental resources that will support those higher yields? That was one of the main questions that Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association Executive Secretary Bill Angstadt addressed at the Pursuit of Maximum Yields event organized … Read More

Maximum Yield Insight from Lowell Catlett

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, FS Green Plan Solution, Growmark, yields

Over 250 growers from around Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and even Canada learned more about the Pursuit of Maximum Yields from an event organized by FS Green Plan Solutions in Bettendorf, Iowa Thursday. Because the whole concept of pursuing maximum yields is based on the population growth expected in the future, it was fitting that New Mexico State University economist and … Read More

Ontario Pursuit of Maximum Yields Update

Cindy ZimmermanAudio, FS Green Plan Solution, Growmark

Harvest is just about complete in Ontario and so is the second year in the FS Green Plan Solutions Pursuit of Maximum Yields (POMY) project for that region. I spoke with Don McLean, agronomist for FS PARTNERS and North Wellington Cooperative, about how the trials went this year. “Last year and this year both we had yield increases,” Don said. … Read More