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The Benefits of Hybrid Placement
By Ben Benson, CEO of Big Cob Hybrids As a farmer in today’s fast-paced agricultural environment, it is becoming harder and harder to sift through thousands of data points to identify what corn seed hybrid you should plant on your farm. The task of selecting the...
He’s a Fungi… but don’t let him ruin your party!
By Jason Ladman, Big Cob Hybrids Director of Sales Yeah, bad play on words, but the truth is nobody wants to have late season fungus and disease take out yield in their corn or soybeans if it can be prevented – especially when commodity prices are dismal. There are...
The Great Debate: Round-Up Ready 2 Xtend VS Enlist Soybeans
By Riley Wiltfong, Big Cob Hybrids Farm-Fit Planning Specialist Corteva’s “Up and Coming” Enlist E3 soybeans finally made its debut commercially before the 2019 growing season. Although it was highly anticipated and sparked the interest of many farmers, here at Big...
Don’t Forget About the Nodules!
Photos: United Soybean Board/Flickr By Jason Ladman, Director of Sales, Big Cob Hybrids Ag has been turned upside down and life as we know it has changed, but for the soybean plant, it is business as usual. The plant still needs to obtain a certain amount of the...
Increase Profitability During Planting Season
By Ben Benson, President/CEO of Big Cob Hybrids It is easy to overlook what you can do on your operation to increase your yield per acre without spending an extra dollar on inputs. If you are reading this, you may have already taken the first step in maximizing your...
Planting Dates – Do They Matter?
Individuals in agriculture will tell you that every year is different and poses its own unique challenges. One of the biggest (and most stressful) decisions a grower must make is when to plant corn. But we believe that this decision doesn’t have to be stressful. Many...
Why Seed Quality is Important to Your Farming Operation
While gearing up for planting season, there are a million things running through our minds. Is the planter ready? Is my crop plan ready? Finally, is this corn going to make me money this year? In 2020, as with every year before, farmers are looking for ways to save on...
Why Soybean Seed Treatment is SO IMPORTANT!
Soybean seed treatment is one of the easiest ways you can protect your seed investment and have some assurance that the soybeans you planted will be better equipped to handle the conditions that Mother Nature may unleash on your farm this season. One important key to...
Protect Your Yield with Agrisure Viptera® Stacked Products
From left to right: Competitor 1, Competitor 2, and a hybrid with Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack (Crawford County, KS)By Reid Beranek, Farm-Fit Planning Specialist Protecting your crop from insects and pests remains one of the biggest concerns that farmers face...
Big Cob Hybrids Sweeps Awards at 2019 UNL-TAPS Interactive Farm Management Competition
Pictured from left, Ben Benson & Joshua Becker receive their Big Cob Bin Buster team awards for highest yield, greatest input-use efficiency, and most profitable farm for the subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) category in the 2019 UNL TAPS farming competition from...
