NEW ROCKFORD, N.D — Farmers with cattle in Iowa, South Dakota Minnesota and North Dakota increasingly are trying the “wide-row corn” — interseeded with crops and cover crops — to improve profits while ...
Can less be more in a cornfield? Can skip row corn add bushels to the bin? James Hitchcock wants the answers from one trusted source—his own fields. In 2023, Hitchcock is bucking convention with skip ...
Failure is the price of success on the farm. In 2023, John Smith planted cluster corn in Kansas, James Hitchcock tried wide row corn in Georgia, and Bill Jones targeted a triple crop on his Indiana ...
If you’re on Twitter, you’ve likely seen a lot of buzz around wide-row corn (44-inch or 60-inch) with cover crops seeded between rows. The goal is to space the corn rows out to provide more light for ...