UNION BRIDGE, Md. — When Dave Burrier leaves the house during the growing season, he has a lot to look at. The surrounding 109 acres he and wife Belinda own are devoted to seed varieties trials, and strip trials testing different inputs and farming practices. Over the years, he attributes the on-farm trials, spurred by the desire to continually improve, […]
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Producers urged to pay attention to seed costs
Regional grain producers will need to pay extra attention to their cost of production to make 2024 profitable, a University of Maryland Extension agent said last week. While the average price of fertilizer and chemicals has fallen slightly over the last year, the price of corn has dropped by more than $2 per bushel to $4.34 last week, and the […]
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