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Cotton harvest decisions can affect quality, turnout and crop value. Here’s how.
Red crown rot is now active in at least eight Midwest states. The significance of the disease is building. The Crop Protection Network estimates 7.7 million bushels of soybeans were lost in 2025 versus 121,000 bushels in 2024.
Yield champions Randy Dowdy and David Hula saw hybrid performance differ significantly this season in the same fields under the same management practices. Their evaluation process went beyond yield and can help corn growers working on their seed decisions for 2027.
Research from Michigan State University links an early seeding window and 5‑inch row spacing with more wheat heads per square meter and double‑digit bushel gains.
Iowa State research reveals PI 88788 resistance is losing effectiveness at 2% per year, with yield losses potentially reaching 9 bushels per acre by decade’s end if management practices are unchanged.
Saturated soils and high winds have downed corn and sparked disease risks for it and soybeans. Here is how to adjust your harvest equipment and strategy now to save yield.
Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts discovered a corn crop that didn’t live up to expectations, with Pro Farmer pegging the national yield at 173.2 bu. per acre, well below USDA’s 180.7 current estimate.
Pro Farmer National Forecast: Corn Falls Short of Last Year’s Record, But Soybeans Eye New Milestone
Scouts say early-season weather stress reduced corn ear counts and grain length and cut stands across the Corn Belt, but above-average soybean pod numbers mean farmers could harvest a record bean crop this fall.
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A Minnesota family’s system shows how wider rows and grazing can make the same acres do more, while raising practical questions other farmers may be working through.
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Plastic, grease and other debris can reduce cotton quality. Here’s how to limit risk.
Total acreage, labor and scouting frequency can help you determine whether owning a drone is a smart investment.
Day 2 of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour reveals surprisingly resilient fields on the Eastern leg, while a late-summer moisture deficit leaves dryland crops on the Western leg lagging behind 2025 yields.
Industry analysts expect the move could ease phosphate pricing pressure, though not necessarily return the market to “normal.”
Flooding and derecho damage in the east, drought in the Plains, and a surprise USDA yield cut have this year’s crop looking more uncertain than ever right as Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts prepare to hit the fields.
Weather extremes are creating challenges, but growers can still make agronomic decisions between R4 and R6 to help protect yield potential.
Your front-row seat to the 2026 Crop Tour! Watch live and on-demand only on Farm Journal TV.
Illinois Soybean Association on-farm research found that sulfur can boost yields under certain soil and management conditions—but it’s far from a blanket recommendation.
From fragile Wisconsin ground to deep Illinois prairie, Andy Benson and Ryan Frieders are adapting their soil-management practices to keep inputs working effectively, yields improving and their respective farms on course for a brighter future.
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Learn which winter annual weeds host SCN in the offseason and when to scout.
Increasing numbers of corn and soybean growers are looking for lower-cost inputs to preserve and protect yields.
Over the next several weeks, growers will be determining how much yield potential remains in their corn and soybean crops impacted by damaging rains and wind storms.
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Fall weeds can create spring headaches. Here’s how to time burndown applications successfully.
After a $100,000 loss and rising weed resistance, Matt Griggs says he knew he had to make some big changes. His tough decisions helped the 144-year-old farm survive and prosper.
With varying degrees of severity being reported, agronomists and growers are evaluating whether to spray this late in the season. Check out the Crop Protection Network interactive map to see if the disease is in or near your county.
After years of dry falls, a historic El Niño could cut U.S. farmers’ fall field-workable days by 20%, Nutrien’s Eric Snodgrass warns, while drying delays and flat acreage threaten Brazil and Argentina’s 2026-2027 crop.
Some simple field checks this summer can reveal whether you’re planting a specific hybrid too thick, too thin, or just right — good insight to have before you order seed for next season.
The right cover crop strategy can help corn silage acres do more, from holding nutrients and reducing erosion to producing another crop of forage.