Sharing Insight Improves Agriculture

Access to shared knowledge, experience, and insight is key to improving nearly any skill, especially farming. Noah Fedders, a northwest Iowa farmer, became a Maximum Farming System® Associate [...]

Soil test values are important indicators of soil chemistry. When properly sampled, soil test values will naturally vary by up to 10% from the “true” value. When greater year to year variation is [...]

Managing residue cover is critical to maintaining soil biology over winter and preparing the soil for timely planting next spring. Farmers have a significant impact on how quickly residues [...]

Basic science reveals that soils provide the foundation of crop nutrition. Crops provide the chemical energy required through photosynthesis to feed soils with residues and root exudates. Diverse [...]

The Maximum Farming System® is built on key insights about crops and soils that have been revealed through basic science research. Farmers who appreciate this foundation can achieve better [...]

Pierce Family Farms jumped into implementing the Maximum Farming System with both feet in 2021 after a trusted Ag Spectrum Associate approached them about it. After searching for a long time for [...]

Warner Farms, a multi-generational farm in Goshen, Indiana, adopted the Maximum Farming System nine years ago. Since implementing the System on their farm, they have seen improvement in their [...]

Ag Spectrum has been providing insight and guidance to help farmers become better land stewards for forty years. This longevity is only achieved through a commitment to delivering superior [...]

Dayne Jessup is passionate about progressing American agriculture while staying grounded in its deep historical roots. The Indiana father of two is carrying on his family’s legacy alongside [...]

Spring planting sometimes has to be done more than once. Replanting can happen for different reasons. Dr. Jim Smart, Research & Teaching Agronomist for Ag Spectrum talks about some common [...]