As spring approaches, it is time to pull out the planter and prep it for fieldwork. During the 2009 National Farm Machinery Show, planters were a hot topic and definitely a show favorite. Check out ...

When corn growers start planting this spring, they’ll probably keep planting corn until they’ve seeded nearly 96 million acres. They’ll do that unless weather stops them before they’ve finished ...

PLAINFIELD - Ample moisture and soil temperatures at or slightly above 60 degrees: Perfect. Lee Peters couldn't ask for a better start to spring planting on Monday. Skillfully maneuvering his 12-row ...

In the old days of corn planting, farmers sometimes slipped an empty seed sack over a fence post at the far end of the field, lined up the tractor muffler on the post, and used that means to achieve ...

This isn’t your father’s corn planter. A Precision Planting demonstration for area farmers this week gives a glimpse into the melding of technology and agriculture that has farmers mastering software ...