April 30, 2020

Unrecoverable: Three Corn Planting Sins to Avoid

There are certain mistakes made in life that can be compensated for: Overcook a hamburger? Just add a little extra cheese or ketchup! Stayed up too […]
June 7, 2018

Scout Now, Profit Later. Top Scouting Tips for a Successful Year

If you’re like us, then you’re feeling pretty great to be back out there doing what you love after that long winter. There’s nothing like getting […]
May 17, 2018

Best Practices for a Better Soybean Crop

We started our Ole & Sven plots in 2004. Our intent has always been to bring something more to area growers than just hybrid and variety […]
May 3, 2018

Make the Most of Climate FieldView This Spring

Spring has arrived and it’s time to be in the fields. While you’re reacquainting yourself with your equipment and adjusting to life without those winter coveralls […]
April 26, 2018

Right Product, Right Acres. How do you Rate?

Lately we’ve been talking a lot about how you can leverage the power of technology on your farm to impact your bottom line. We’re breaking some […]
April 19, 2018

Boost Corn Yield by Choosing the Right Planting Depth

We’ve been sharing findings from our 13 years of Ole & Sven plot data to shed some light on best practices for maximizing your corn yields. […]
March 22, 2018

How Climate FieldView Can Increase Profit

We believe there is great potential to tap into technology to help your farm be more profitable. Through this series of blog posts we hope to […]
March 8, 2018

Variable Rate Success. It’s All in the Zone.

It’s 2018 and the amount of technology available to growers is greater than ever before. There is a lot of talk about variable rate technology but […]
February 28, 2018

Increasing Corn Populations? 5 Tips to Make You More Successful.

Thinking about adjusting your corn populations this year? Searching for the corn population ‘sweet spot’ is something I’ve worked towards over the past 13 years in […]
November 1, 2017

4 Questions to Ask When Choosing Seed for 2018

What is the first question you ask your seed dealer when considering a specific corn hybrid or soybean variety? Is it something like “How did it […]
July 27, 2017

The Drone: Separating Myths from Reality

When working with drone technology, I hear a lot of great questions from growers about drone capabilities. Using a few of the most common questions, we […]
July 13, 2017

Simple Stand Evaluations Can Improve Next Year’s Crop

At Peterson Farms Seed, we have performed countless stand evaluations over the last several years with over a 100 this year alone! One of the main […]