The right timing of nitrogen aplications are important, but K-State's Chuck Rice is digging deeper to learn how to reduce nitrogen losses by 50%, an impact that's both economically and environmentally sound.
Plant health is making serious contributions to crop-yield outcomes this year. In some cases, the thanks is due to hybrid genetics while in others, timely fungicide applications paid for themselves.
Tar spot is tearing through Midwest cornfields, causing quick maturity and in some cases, cutting yields in half. Missy Bauer has tips for assessing which fields should be harvested first to salvage the yield left.
The disease is shutting down corn crop growth prematurely in parts of Illinois, especially in fields with D hybrids. You may need to harvest those fields sooner than later.
After the NASS acreage notice posted last week, it's not just acreage adjustments that could be on deck in USDA's September reports this week. USDA will also release results from its first field surveys.
From an American flag one year to a POW tribute the next, Wilber Meyer's field artwork has grown. And for the 20th anniversary of 9/11, this year's tribute is by far the biggest, extending beyond the Ohio farm field.
Hurricane Ida's impact on exports out of the Gulf Coast continues to unfold. Two key grain elevators along the Gulf took a direct hit from the hurricane, but that's only part of the problem. Brian Splitt explains.
Grain shippers on the Gulf Coast reported more damage from Hurricane Ida to their terminals on Wednesday as Cargill confirmed damage to a second facility, power outages across southern Louisiana kept others shuttered.
According to USDA's latest Crop Progress report, 60% of the U.S. corn crop is rated good to excellent, unchanged from last week. Illinois corn conditions continue to improve each week.
Drought dominated headlines in western Iowa last year during the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, and even as drought continues to be the talk of Iowa this year, fields in some portions of the state produced a different tone.
USDA's August reports came with surprises. From a cut to the corn yield, to the revisions in export demand, the changes fueled prices both Thursday and Friday. So, where does the market go from here? Analysts weigh in.
Lush cornfields and a picture-perfect sunset. The first-ever MLB game played at the "Field of Dreams" put not only agriculture on center stage but all of Iowa, as social media was buzzing. And agriculture played a part.
USDA's August Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) produced a few surprises, both when it came to possible crop supplies and adjustments to demand.
Even with drought and meager crop conditions, the trade has recently had a high miss rate on USDA's August projections and the analyst guesses this time have not allowed much room for error.
The iconic "Field of Dreams" cornfields will come to life in Iowa on Thursday, Aug. 12, as two MLB teams prepare to face off at the first-time event. NCGA is an official sponsor of the game.
USDA is preparing to release its next Crop Production and WASDE reports on Thursday, August 12. Ahead of the release, debate is heating up on whether the U.S. can achieve a trendline yield in corn this year.
Extreme drought conditions have plagued the West, northern Plains and parts of the Midwest this growing season, which is the ideal environment for the jumping insect.
Even with the heat in the forecast, rains have helped remove the panic from the corn and soybean markets the past month. And as July enters its final weeks, the corn “weather market” may be behind the U.S.
Syngenta says the long residual control offered by Acuron GT will allow farmers and retailers to apply it in a post application before weeds can emerge and compete with the crop.
Weather problems with Brazil's second corn crop have sparked a spate of companies exiting their contracts, causing what some call the biggest wave of export cancellations for the world's No. 2 supplier in five years.
Just a day after USDA released the July WASDE report, which showed a shocking drop in all-wheat production and yield, the July corn contract traded 80 cents higher mid-day Tuesday. Analysts weigh in on the reason.
Not even a week after USDA released its June Acreage Report shocked the market with fewer acres, prices reversed. After the holiday weekend, weather forecasts turned wetter and corn prices closed limit down Tuesday.
For the first time since 2015 widespread rains including up to 20 inches of precipitation in June have agronomists warning farmers to check for nutrient losses ahead of pollination.
U.S. corn exports toppled records in recent months with elevated shipments to China. A continued strong pace plus a few more sales in the coming weeks will officially cap off the country’s best-ever marketing year.
Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose to their highest since mid-June on Thursday, with traders noting continued support from a U.S. government report that showed spring plantings fell below expectations.
Renewable fuels groups were dealt a blow Friday as the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision to overturn a 2020 appellate court ruling that said EPA could only grant waivers to refiners that had previously received them.
The change in the weather forecast sent commodity prices plummeting Monday. Corn and soybean prices saw pressure after the weather models produced an outlook for wetter and cooler weather by the end of the week.
Researching nitrogen is equally challenging because so many external factors can impact the results. That’s why multi-year and multi-location data are key components to gaining a deeper understanding of nitrogen.
USDA’s June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) caused corn prices to hang on to the day’s gains, but spurred soybean prices to tumble Thursday.
USDA is set to release its latest WASDE report Thursday. Analysts say the June WASDE report typically isn't the biggest market moving report for the month, but think there are key changes that need to be made.
A Brazilian agribusiness consultancy announced a new forecast reduction for the country's second corn crop because of a severe drought, adding that yields are expected to touch a five-year low this season.
The commodity markets finished the month of May with more volatility. As the market is greeted by June next week, analysts say weather will start having an even bigger impact on prices.
