Wyffels Hybrids

Nitrogen is often a balancing act between profitability and optimum productivity, and the possibility of N loss further complicates the issue.

Corn planting progress was well behind the five-year average through early May and an agronomist urges farmers to wait for ideal conditions.

Corn rootworm management is no longer simply a “plug and play” strategy.“ It’s to the point where we can’t just rely on broad-scale recommendations. We need to take our operations and manage them on a field-by-field basis,” said Eric Wilson, Wyffels Hybrids agronomy manager.

The notion of carbon markets is not new, but has been pushed to the forefront of recent in ramped-up efforts to sequester carbon dioxide.

Widespread enrollment in agricultural carbon markets hinges on several factors, including economics and uncertainty.

The Serving Those Who Served program was highlighted at Wyffels Hybrids’ booth during the Greater Peoria Farm Show.

Wyffels Hybrids welcomed Idris Amusan and Devin Nichols to its team of industry-leading corn breeders. Combined, Amusan and Nichols bring more than 32 years of plant breeding and genetics experience to Wyffels.