Latest News From Crops

Can you identify the pests in your hemp field? Take this fun quiz to find out!

Livestock producers can stretch short supplies of hay this year by using a simple ammonia treatment on bales, says University of Missouri Extension agronomist Rusty Lee.

When scouting, it’s a good idea to track productivity in your fields. Here are steps to determine production potential by individual field.

Syngenta’s newest seed treatment, a premix of three fungicide active ingredients, recently received registration from the EPA. Vibrance Trio will be used on soybean seeds to ensure strong stands and fight disease.

Syngenta’s newest seed treatment, a premix of three fungicide active ingredients, recently received registration from the EPA. Vibrance Trio will be used on soybean seeds to ensure strong stands and fight disease.

Farmers Business Network is launching its own brand of seed and model for seed development and direct-to-farm distribution.

Farmers Business Network is launching its own brand of seed and model for seed development and direct-to-farm distribution.

Clocking in at higher speeds, through tougher residue, Ultra-Disk offers a new tillage option for farmers.

When Nebraska stretched the Oltjenbruns family too thin they found greener pastures in Missouri.

With portions of the U.S. experiencing severe, extreme and exceptional drought conditions, farmers are posting photos showcasing just how much of an impact the lack of rain is having on their fields.

Temperature increases during dry periods outpace average climate warming, say researchers at the University of California, Irvine. They point to concurrent changes in atmospheric water vapor as a driver of the surge.

Late summer, and especially the month of August, provides growers with another window of opportunity to establish a perennial forage stand.

Scientists at Texas A&M University are hopeful they've developed the kryptonite for what's been a losing battle against herbicide-resistant weeds now choking cotton fields across the southern U.S.

Ultimately, bushels are what make money. Cost per acre matters, price matters, but bushels are what actually bring in dollars and cutting yield short by renting cheaper land could cost more.

Volatile markets are making it more of a challenge than usual for farmers to put all the pieces together for their land rental plans for 2019.

To showcase the transition from the older generation, AgDay and U.S. Farm Report are featuring these progressive growers in a new series called “Farming on the Horizon.”

This week’s USDA Crop Progress report shows 12% of the nation’s corn crop is in the dent stage.

To maximize quality and minimize waste, read on to learn some research-based tips on forage storage.

In many parts of the Corn Belt, the crop is ahead of what farmers typically expect. With the potential for an earlier harvest, brush up on staging skills to make sure you get crops out of the field at the optimum time.

Seeding winter annual small grain offers fall grazing for beef cow herds short on grass and hay.

Rice can only be grown in standing water, right? Wrong!

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acting administrator, Andrew Wheeler, is testifying on biofuel during his first hearing as EPA’s top post.

Calling the acquisition a “complement,” to its crop protection and biotech products, BASF has finished the acquisition of Bayer assets.

Cotton seed producers have until Dec. 7, 2018 to sign up for Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC).

The way you communicate with your landlords is critical. A strained, or nonexistent relationship could reduce your chances of keeping land, negotiating lower rent or getting buy in for land improvement.

In a survey from 2012, the USDA revealed the average age of a farmer is 58. Five years later, that number continues to climb.

With harvest quickly approaching it’s time to make sure you have the labor you need to get the crop out of the field. Labor shortages are growing across much of the U.S., plan ahead to make sure you’re not in a bind.

While most farmers certainly won’t turn down a year with ample rain, the frequency of rainfall can pose a challenge to putting up high-quality hay for the winter months.

While water is typically used to extinguish a fire, moisture is likely the cause of the flames at Holt Dairy in Newcastle, Utah.

If a few waterhemp plants escape at the end of the year they might not have a huge effect on yield this year, but the weed seed bank they’re creating could be detrimental to next year’s crop.

Farmers in Texas and other areas experiencing drought are in dire need of hay supplies and dryland crops are burning up. Because of this, grain farmers are abandoning their grain crops and baling them for cattle feed.

Prior to Bt technologies farmers lost $1 billion annually to corn rootworm (CRW)—in the form of chemical costs or actual yield loss. That’s $11 per acre based on USDA’s recent 89.1-million-acre count.

According to one analyst, corn is being undervalued and things could shift by the end of the summer.

Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont, is partnering with UniPro Foodservice, Inc. to introduce Versa Premier High Oleic Soybean Frying Oil.

In 1996, Roundup Ready soybeans revolutionized the way you could farm. Weed issues became virtually non-existent, herbicide programs were cheaper and yields soared. But all good things come to an end.

The Substation Fire in Oregon quickly turned those hopes into fear, as the flames threatened wheat, livestock and homes in its way. It’s a fire that’s already destroyed homes and burned 80 square miles of wheat.

The Substation Fire in Oregon quickly turned those hopes into fear, as the flames threatened wheat, livestock and homes in its way. It’s a fire that’s already destroyed homes and burned 80 square miles of wheat.

The North Shelby Ag Leader plot (NSHS) is emblematic of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) spirit, a boots-on-the-ground experience centered squarely on education, community and legacy.

More than 80% of North Dakota is drought-free this year, a welcome change from 2017.

Method of storage throughout the rest of the summer and into the fall and winter is important to maintain forage quality, as well as minimize waste and simultaneously cost of production.

Problems with micronutrients in corn usually are driven by some other condition, such as compaction, drought, organic [muck or peat] soils, sandy soils and acid or alkaline soils.

In the spring of 1975, Ed Hain rolled the dice and planted several six-row strips of corn and soybeans, kicking off 15-year average of roughly 50 extra bushels of corn yield per acre.

Breeding advances brought an era of advanced disease control. The future of disease tolerance will use advanced breeding with targeted approaches that help maximize corn and soybean yield potential.

You can unlock the door to higher yields by understanding how hybrid ear type and plant structure affect corn development.

This week’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), combined with tariffs to China, caused grain prices to take a nosedive. Some farmers are reaching the end of their rope as frustration turns to anger.

It’s been hot and steamy across the Corn Belt the past couple weeks, but as you drive down the I-55 corridor, uniform fields show promise for a record corn crop in 2018.

As hay is being cut and put in large round bales, it is always important to reduce hay storage losses.

Certain areas of the country might be seeing extra-long silks on corn. This leaves many farmers with questions about what that means and if it will be a net positive or negative on pollination and overall yield.

Certain areas of the country might be seeing extra-long silks on corn. This leaves many farmers with questions about what that means and if it will be a net positive or negative on pollination and overall yield.

Plan carefully for successfully producing and utilizing emergency summer annual forages.