Elk Mound Seed Blog
The Importance of Reading Herbicide Labels for Glyphosate Tolerant Crops
Reading and interpreting a herbicide label has become increasingly difficult over the past several years as weeds have become more difficult to control in many settings. To combat these difficulties, herbicide manufacturers have been adding other active ingredients to popular products such as Roundup®. This has generated a tremendous amount of confusion and has resulted in injuring or killing products we did not intend to kill.This is where the importance of taking a close look at your herbicide
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Jun 16th 2022
Growing High-Yielding Oats
We feel like we have always done a great
job providing our growers and dealers with high quality seed oats at
competitive prices, but we’ve maybe fallen short educating on the “how-tos” of
oat growing. Growing 100-bushel oats is
far from unachievable, but we need to start looking at the finer details. We have put together this basic manual with
hopes that our growers can improve their oat yields and quality. Here’s the quick and dirty…
YOU MUST TREAT YOUR OATS LIKE A CROP
This cannot
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Feb 24th 2022
Farmers Spring To Do List: Evaluate Alfalfa Winterkill
As we near the planting season, farmers are
getting outside and assessing their alfalfa fields. Below are some tips when
looking out in your alfalfa field to determine any winterkill.
What to Look for with Alfalfa
Winterkill
Frozen and dried-up crown tissue are signs of
alfalfa winterkill, and the crown and upper root become even more susceptible
to cold. Furthermore, the tissue is more likely to be damaged because the crown
becomes exposed to low temperatures when elevate
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Jan 29th 2022
Prepare Your Lawn & Garden Starting in January
For lawn and gardening enthusiasts, planting
season can’t come soon enough. But as any seasoned gardener will tell you,
gardening doesn’t start the moment you put the seed in the ground. Much
preparation has to be done before the seed hits the ground.No matter how small or large your lawn or garden,
you can begin preparing for the season as early as January when the ground is
still covered in ice and snow. Here’s what you can do to prepare your lawn and garden starting in
January.Review an
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Jan 29th 2022
Does Using Sized Corn Seed Improve Yields?
Are you
wondering if all that talk of ordering a particular size of seed corn has anything
to do with a farm's ability to see significant profits? At Elk Mound Seed, we
do offer the chance to order sized seed, keep this in mind for next year's
crop. Read on to learn more about seed corn and how sizing affects your yields.What is Sized Corn
Seed?The size
and shape of seed corn is determined by where each kernel grows on the ear of
corn. Small and round seeds are grown at the tip of the ear
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Jan 29th 2022