The bill made it through the Senate Ag Committee, but a fully approved version is still on the horizon Last week, the farm bill was approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee, but the road to a passed bill is far from over. “Getting out of the Senate Ag Committee is just the first step,” says [...]
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2012 Farm Bill…. What’s Next?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ag, ag politics, congress, farm, farm bill, Farm Policy, senate, washington on May 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Fastline’s AgRacer App Surpasses 100,000 Downloads
Posted in News, tagged Ag, AgRacer, Android, App, downloads, farm, iphone, race fans, racing, tractor pull on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Fastline Publications’ newly launched racing game, AgRacerTM, recently surpassed 100,000 downloads in Apple’s iTunes. The app became available in February on iPhone/iTouch/iPads, and it is now available for Android OS. It can be downloaded for free for all devices. AgRacer takes the fun of racing and introduces farm equipment and lets you compete for prizes [...]
Fastline Cinco de Mayo Celebration!
Posted in Features, tagged Ag, Agriculture, Cindo de Mayo, farm, Farming, Fastline, Mexican food, Mexico, Tacos on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hola! In honor of Cinco de Mayo, we are featuring our Mexico Book. You can view a digital edition of our Mexico book here. Did you know that Mexico grows two crops that are almost exclusively grown in Mexico? Henequen and Maguey, both of the agave family, are important crops not only for Mexico, but [...]
Soybean Row Spacing: Wide or Narrow?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ag, farm, Illinoise, Planting, Rows, Soybeans on May 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Average row spacing in Illinois soybean fields has increased over the past decade after narrowing for several decades before that, according to University of Illinois crop sciences professor Emerson Nafziger. This increase resulted from drilled soybeans – those with rows less than 10 inches apart – losing ground to 30-inch rows, which now occupy nearly [...]
Testing Seed Tube Sensors
Posted in Features, tagged Ag, Corn, farm, Row, Row Crops, Seed, Testing on April 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s annoying to have one or two rows on your planter’s seed monitor show either “failure” or consistently low population. Have those rows truly failed, are they really planting several thousand seeds per acre less than other rows? The only way to tell is to get off the tractor and dig. If digging proves the [...]
Spring Corn Planting 2012
Posted in Videos, tagged Ag, Corn, farm, Indiana, Planting, spring on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this video of Spring corn planting in Parke County, Indiana To Return to Fastline.com- Click Here
Is North Dakota the Next Texas?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ag, Energy, Energy production, farm, North Dakota, Oil on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Can North Dakota really be the next Texas when it comes to being our next domestic supplier of energy? Check out this podcast to find out more on Agweb.com To Return to Fastline.com- Click Here
Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’……
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ag, Corn, farm, Planting, Tractor on April 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this video of rolling corn ground prior to planting at Lantzky Farms. Rolling in order to have a firm, smooth ground to plant into. It also pushes the small rocks that were pulled up when the field cultivator came through. To Return to Fastline.com- Click Here
The Planter Has Arrived
Posted in Videos, tagged farm, John Deere, Planting, Tractor on April 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this video of the planter arriving to the field to get ready to do some work. The video shows pulling into a 90 acre field ready to plant corn. Using a John Deere 4440 and 1760 12r30 planter. To Return to Fastline.com- Click Here
Limited Relief Rains on Texas Cattle Ranchers
Posted in News, tagged Ag, Beef, Cattle, farm, Farming, rain, Texas on April 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The recent months’ rains have brightened the outlook of Pearsall-area rancher Frank Helvey. Pastures that only months ago were as bare “as that highway back yonder” now sport green growth, Helvey said. While some of his stock tanks are still low, one that dried up in the drought now has so much water that cattle [...]
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