ince the mechanical picker-sheller has come into widespread use for harvesting field corn, farmers generally are confronted with the problem of safe storage of highmoisture shelled corn. The moisture content of field-shelled corn is often too high for direct binning, and storing such grain in regular farm bins without first lowering the moisture level is almost certain to result in spoilage. Mo...

Weather during the 2004 growing season in the Midwest, along with improved plant genetics and farming practices, produced exceptionally high yields of all major crops with resulting record yields 10 to 25 percent above prior records, an exceptional increase. Record corn and soybean yields in Illinois and five other states had profound effects on crop prices, given the large foreign demand and t...

Yield maps have successfully been combined with economic principles in establishing precision guided recommendations for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). This can and has resulted in greater net returns for farmers than not enrolling in CRP or enrolling all eligible land in CRP without the consideration of foregone economic opportunities (Stull et al. 2004). This study expa...

The aim of the research was to find out pattern corn agricultural processing activities that were consistent or not carried by farmers and impact process in Gorontalo Regency..The data collection method used a questionnaire, sample this study Regency Corn Farmers Association (GAPOKTAN) which determined using slovin formula with an estimation error 10%. collecting on uses Proportional Random mod...

Part-time farming is a common characteristic of smallholder farmers in China at present, which expected to persist the long term. If promote sustainable agricultural development, it important consider impact part-time employment characteristics on grain-growing decisions farmers. To analyze mechanisms farmers’ their decisions, we used data consisting 14,539 samples collected by survey former Ch...

Prairie strips planted into crop fields offer multiple environmental benefits. This study estimates the willingness of U.S. farmers to convert 5% their largest corn-soybean field prairie in exchange for payment. Using stated preference results estimate land supply, we find that 20% are willing adopt at payments equivalent average Conservation Reserve Program rental rates, corresponding potentia...

This research aims to analyze the level of technical efficiency, inefficiency factors, and economic efficiency corn farming members nonmembers farmer groups. was conducted in Gedung Wani Negeri Katon Villages Marga Tiga District, East Lampung. Respondent farmers were determined intentionally with a simple random sampling. use survey method data collected February-March 2019. Technical analyzed ...

In Indonesia, agriculture is required to be able develop growth in the region and produce agricultural products that have high competitiveness while also empowering community. IoT, or commonly known as Internet of Things (Internet Things), allows us connect various things. For example, we can use a smart farm. This research leads implementation plant sprayer uses Cognitive internet things integ...

Abstract Corn in Indonesia is grown by farmers with a narrow area of land and different marketing channels. The type channels chosen will have an impact on margins efficiency. Therefore this research was conducted the aim 1) analyzing types corn Sribatara Village 2) efficiency Village. method used survey (sampling purpose) interviewing traders directly. There are two for corn, namely I starts f...