Special Report

Channel agronomist offers planting advice

With excellent grain prices this year and, in some cases, a desire to make up for a disappointing crop in 2011, many growers are champing at the bit to get their crops planted this spring. Brad Hammes is a technical sales agronomist for Channel Seeds in northeast Iowa.  In an interview with Brownfield at Commodity Classic in Tampa, Hammes ran through his planting time checklist and urged growers not to get in too much of a hurry. 

AUDIO: Brad Hammes (3 min MP3)