Crops
Farmers in parts of the High Plains and Southeast need a break from relentless drought, while nationwide planting progress is outpacing the five-year average.
Corn stalks, straw and cover crops are impacting weed-control results, requiring farmers to make tactical adjustments.
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Bollworm pressure builds fast. Here’s how to protect your cotton crop.
Agronomist Phil Long explains the critical gap between air and soil temperatures and why the “heat engine” for corn and soybeans has stalled in some areas.
Now present in seven states, the small pest is taking a toll on soybean crops and making Midwest growers look beyond traditional insecticides for yield protection.
Seasonal weather models are beginning to hint at improved moisture chances across the western Plains, offering drought-weary producers cautious optimism heading into late spring and summer.
Oklahoma State’s new OSU P92 purple wheat variety combines climate resilience with the nutritional power of anthocyanins found in superfoods like blueberries, blackberries and black beans.
Soil moisture, seed chilling risks, and emergence forecasts can help you decide whether to run hard or park the planter.
From $35 per acre cover crop incentives to $1.25 premiums, growers are finding ways that conservation and cash flow can mesh.
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Using crop diversity, conservation tillage and a contract-first mindset, the Ruddenklau family works to keep their operation moving forward.
Spotty spring rains have slowed planting in southwest Iowa, leaving farmers slightly behind. Despite delays, strong planning, good moisture, and a favorable forecast has Pat Sheldon optimistic for the 2026 crop season.
The problem is making it difficult for farmers to know which herbicide chemistries will still work in their fields.
Randy Dowdy explains the importance of germination depth — how it can set up your corn crop to deliver more bushels without adding any costs in the process.
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Gray leaf spot starts before you see it. Are you scouting early enough to catch it before it moves up the canopy?
Targeting peak uptake windows through precise nitrogen and phosphorus placement can bridge the gap between a 160-bu. crop and a 300-bu. harvest.
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Ken Ferrie uses a green-yellow-red “signal light” system to help farmers evaluate their planting decisions in the week ahead.
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Late-season weed escapes in soybeans and corn create next year’s headaches. Here’s what to do.
With one survey showing 48% of Midwest corn and soybean growers are unable to afford traditional fertilizer sources, Extension and industry are responding with nutrient options that can lend support.
Once considered a Texas problem, the pest is on the move. Rice experts urge growers to prepare for it now.
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Soybean aphids and bean leaf beetles can arrive early. Learn when to scout and when to treat.
Record corn yields have risen 10x in 100 years. David Hula says continued genetic gains, along with a deeper understanding of what’s happening underground, could push yield potential far beyond what most farmers expect.
With cold, wet weather moving across parts of the Corn Belt, agronomists advise farmers to be ready to check high-yielding genetics for crown and stalk rot.
Centuro A-PRO is a more concentrated formulation of the original Centuro, containing a higher concentration of the active ingredient, Pronitridine.
Farm Journal Field Agronomists are launching the 2026 season, planting fields and starting to test the soybean innovations and management strategies that will deliver answers and insights farmers need.