When fields crust over and corn doesn’t emerge stress can lead to a state of paralysis in decision making. “A lot of times when farmers are thinking about rotary hoeing when they should have ...

Rotary hoeing can help. “To decide whether to hoe, drop a hula hoop and count the plants,” Ferrie says. “Mark the spot, run the hoe and count how many plants were helped and how many were ...

A rotary hoe in action runs right over everything in its path, both the crop plants as well as the weeds. The crop plant, usually corn, is well-rooted and can't be yanked out by the hoe.

Careful rotary hoeing can improve crop competitiveness by reducing and delaying weed emergence relative to the crop. Delayed planting allows time for destruction of early emerging weeds and ...

Today, it's primarily organic farmers like Lehman who hand-weed, along with cultivating, rotary hoeing and other practices, to control weeds.

Today, it's primarily organic farmers like Lehman who hand-weed, along with cultivating, rotary hoeing and other practices, to control weeds.