USDA reported 29% of corn crops harvested, above the 24% reported harvested by this time in 2020. The 5-year average for corn harvested in this week is 22%.

USDA reported 18% of corn crops harvested, above the 14% reported harvested by this time in 2020.

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 8 reported 8% of corn dented, below the 10% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 11%.

According to the report, 91% of soybeans have emerged, above the 86% reported emerged in the same week last year. The 5-year average for soybean emergence in this week was 85%.

The path some farmers take in their strip-tillage journey is to quickly adopt — and heavily invest in — RTK farm-by- the-inch technology. But for Tom Cotter at Cotter Farms near Austin, Minn., he would rather first get research need vs. want and properly develop prescriptions before going too deep, too fast.

Brian Newcombe, who farms with his brother Craig, near Port Williams, Nova Scotia, has been incorporating precision farming techniques into their operation since 1998.

Joe Breker is a believer in precision farming equipment, but he takes a more holistic approach to managing his 2,500 acre operation in Havana, N.D.

Kerry Knuth has taken a different approach to his precision farming system when compared with other farmers who tend to follow one particular brand of equipment.  

In an interview with AgriBusinessGlobal.com, Eric Wintemute, CEO of AMVAC, shared the company is developing a potentially industry-changing at-plant soil treatment system.