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Vaderstad proceeds with new Proceed multi-task seeder

Competitors in the seeding equipment industry are marching together in same direction. Research and development folks are searching for bigger yields along with significant improvements in tillage, crop protection and fertilizer efficiency.

The first goal, bigger yields, has always been possible with better seed varieties, higher rates of fertilizer and better crop protection chemistry.

But the world pulled the rug out from under two main components of the success story: Fertilizer and crop protection chemistry. That leaves variety improvement and improved seeding technology to give us bigger yields to feed a bigger global population, all with less chemical.

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Adapting to ESA: Runoff

Video: Adapting to ESA: Runoff


In part 4 of CropLife America’s “Adapting to ESA” instructional video series, learn how to use the EPA’s Pesticide App for Label Mitigations (PALM) to help evaluate and document runoff mitigation practices. Dr. Stanley Culpepper, a leading weed science specialist with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, provides a walkthrough of the tool.