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Host Richard Hentschel talks with Russ Higgins, Ag Educator for the University of Illinois. Soil health is becoming much more important more research has been going on in recent years. Keeping micro flora and soil insect populations high is helping keep yields high and nutrient movement slow...

Richard Hentschel discusses planting dates for our major farm crops with Russ Higgins, Agriculture Educator for University of Illinois Extension. One of the biggest factors farmers follow is related to the dates crop insurance takes effect. For Corn that date is April 10th and April 15 for...

Russ Higgins, Ag Educator talks with Host Richard Hentschel about corn and soybean yields in 2016 2016 averages were 197 Bushels and 59 bushels for soybeans. Good weather and moisture levels were strong factors in getting these high yields. Right now pricing is supply based rather than demand...

Host Richard Hentschel discusses spring farming with Russ Higgins, Agriculture Educator. Farmers are dealing with weather just like the homeowner. While corn and beans are not impacted by late winter and spring weather, but winter wheat clearly is with our early warm temperatures. Hopefully...

Richard concludes the pruning shrubs in the home landscape with discussion on the third technique called heading back cuts. Often heading back cuts are used with renewal pruning. Heading back cuts help the plant return to its natural shape. Heading back cuts also allows you to redirect the...

Richard Hentschel continues the pruning series by discussing renewal pruning of shrubs in the home landscape. Renewal pruning allows a portion of the existing branch structure to remain. Start by removing any dead branches and then move on to branches causing structural problems. A portion of...

Host Richard Hentschel discusses the first of 3 pruning techniques. This week covers rejuvenation pruning. This technique works well on fine textured plants and some others. This is the easiest method since a total removal of the above ground parts! Using hand pruners and small loppers to...

Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side up begins a 4 part series on pruning shrubs in the home landscape. Early spring before growth starts is a great time for pruning since it is a lot easier to the branching pattern. Certain kinds of branches can always be removed like dead branches, rubbing...

Host Richard Hentschel discusses fruit thinning in the home orchard. While emotionally difficult to remove fruits after working so hard to get the fruit trees to produce them, the results are well worth the effort. Thinning improves the quality of the fruits harvested later in the season. By...

Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up concludes a several week series on the home orchard. The last show covers differences of care between young non-bearing fruit trees and mature bearing trees providing us with fruits. That proper creation of scaffold branches allows sun and air to...