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Three Nebraska farmers are pleading guilty to marketing non-organic corn and soybeans as certified organic, according to the Associated Press.

Experts aren’t expecting major downward price shifts when it comes to seed—but changing management practices could save money.

Monday a California Judge reduced damages awarded in a lawsuit linking Roundup to cancer but upheld the jury’s findings that Bayer acted with malice, Dow Jones reports.

A simple stem counting technique can give you a good idea about your alfalfa stand’s yield potential.

Batey Farms Looks Beyond the Bin, Attracts Urban Consumer

Many farmers are thankful that the Trump Administration has authorized year-round sales of E15.

Despite years of low prices, fertilizer prices are climbing.

Just one mile from the Missouri River, Mackland said continued high water means he likely won’t be able to get into the majority of his fields until December at the earliest.

Farmers in Illinois are optimistic as they near the finish line for harvest. Good weather and better yields keep spirits high as farmers trudge forward in the combines.

To say Frank and Alison Howey have faced a tough growing season this year is a huge understatement. Their row crop operation experienced extremely dry conditions this summer—then Hurricane Florence stormed in.

You normally can't eat cottonseeds. That's because they have a toxin in them that's harmful to both people and animals.

You normally can't eat cottonseeds. That's because they have a toxin in them that's harmful to both people and animals.

A new seed treatment designed to keep birds away from freshly planted fields has received regulatory approval. Arkion life Science LLC.

How have weather delays impacted harvest across the Corn Belt? Ryan Wagner of South Dakota, Andrew McCrea of Missouri, and Rock Katschnig of Illinois join the AgriTalk Farmer Forum.

In this week’s edition of Boots In The Field, Ken Ferrie provides an overview of how harvest is going across Illinois, Iowa and Ohio.

Following several weeks of wind, rain and even snow, farmers across the Corn Belt are finally back in the field this week.

Climate change could mean beer drinkers pay more for their favorite malted beverage in coming years.

Tribine Harvester has named James Shurts as its new chief operating officer.

Organic production jumped by 2% to an estimated 6.5 million harvested acres in 2018. In addition, the number of organic farms increased 3% to a total of 17,648 in the U.S. alone.

From set up to winter maintenance, you will want to stay on top of grain bag management practices to make sure the storage system is successful. Here are eight ways to do that:

Myles Getto, 18, wants teff, the world’s smallest grain, to go big.

While weeds occasionally dodge herbicides—can they avoid robots? University of Illinois researchers are using a USDA grant to find out.

In response to crop reports, USDA’s RMA issued a new fact sheet to help producers fully understand the process for filing quality adjustment claims for damaged crops under the federal crop insurance program.

It’s been a wild week for farmers—from snow in the Dakotas and high plains to a hurricane in the southeast and a lot of rain and colder temperatures for everyone in between

Green Plains announced it will sell its ethanol plants in Lakota, Iowa, Bluffton, Ind. and Riga, Mich. to Valero Renewable Fuels.

Farmers in North Dakota and South Dakota woke up to a dismal sight on Wednesday; more than 5 inches of snow blanketed much of the region.

Farmers in North Dakota and South Dakota woke up to a dismal sight on Wednesday; more than 5 inches of snow blanketed much of the region.

Forage growers in Mississippi are trying to keep insects from making meals out of their hayfields and compromising their stockpiles of winter feed.

The monster of a weed defies odds, but isn’t running rampant just yet.

The copious amounts of rain that fell throughout the corn belt last week are evident in this week’s Crop Progress report.

Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont, has announced it will rename Vellozine to Reklemel, effective immediately.

Because storage could be tight take time to consider alternatives. One option for you to consider—grain bags, which temporarily store grain in the field.

Harvest is well underway, but there's still time to consider the benefit of periodically checking chaffers, sieves and other combine components to maintain accuracy.

As Amanda Volsen and her husband buried four pairs of new cotton underwear they were bombarded with questions from their four young children. The biggest, and the one you might be wondering: Why bury underwear?

But downforce pressure and ground contact are keys to fully capitalize on benefits.

The World Forage Analysis Superbowl evaluated 843 entries and presented awards to top finishers at the World Forage Analysis Superbowl Awards Luncheon, sponsored by Mycogen Seeds, at World Dairy Expo.

This has the winter wheat crop off to a solid start.

Jules Pretty will discuss sustainable intensification of agriculture systems and how it offers synergistic opportunities for the co-production of agricultural outcomes, at the Agronomy and Crop Societies annual meeting.

In the 1800s, the Javorsky family immigrated from Russia to western Oklahoma. They brought with them a deep understanding of how to grow wheat and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Market-moving USDA reports are being rivaled by a new formula from the University of Illinois. The university shows they’re closer to actual yield in early- and late-season reports.

On Sept. 30 Macon County Sheriffs in central Illinois had unique task of rounding up a camel.

For some producers, a number of factors came together to create the perfect storm that led to significantly lowered forage quality.

It is important for everyone to take stock in the hay that they currently have, and forage test every cutting and/or load. 

Chinese soybean buyers could be circumventing soybean tariffs by purchasing them through Argentina.

The “Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act” (HABHRCA) was first introduced in 1998 to research control and reduction strategies for hypoxia and algal growth in various water bodies in the U.S.

After a year of drought and weather challenges, some cattle farmers are putting in extra cover crops this fall to ease the forage burden. Here’s the top six cover crops cattle farmers are using to stretch fall grazing.

Expanding to seven states and eight FFA chapters, Mycogen is entering the second year of its “Turn the Bag Blue and Gold” FFA program.

Tim Recker slashes cover crop seed costs in half: “Precision planting is the way to make sure all the cover benefits fall in line. No system is perfect, but this is getting pretty close.”

Constructed wetlands are used to remove excess phosphorus from water before discharging into the Everglades. These are called stormwater treatment areas.

Damage assessments to agriculture are starting to emerge from North Carolina and South Carolina. Ag losses could swell into the billions of dollars.