Crop Production
Weather is always a factor in the commodity markets, but this year, weather could be an even bigger catalyst for higher or lower prices.
The acreage battle is tricky this year, with most estimates pointing to an increase in overall acres, there are some acres that can’t be switched. That’s as StoneX says farmers had a record fall applying fertilizer.
The fungicide is based on picarbutrazox and will protect corn and soybean seedlings from blight and damping-off diseases.
For a fifth year, the White House is publicly recognizing March 23, 2021, as National Ag Day. As part of the proclamation, the White House salutes farmers and ranchers for the contributions they continue to make.
Farmers have much to consider weather-wise as they head out to plant this year, with drought covering more than half the country. And meteorologists fear the drought in the West may worsen.
Following 2020’s devastating derecho in Iowa, lingering drought and recent floods, agronomists remind producers to adjust their planting decisions accordingly.
Harnessed to six-row, alternating strips of corn and soybeans, Jim Nichols boomed a 292 bu. yield average. Standing on the edge of his farmland, Nichols points upward at a carbon secret: His corn crop comes from the sky.
The Terraton Initiative is Indigo’s global effort to capture 1 trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by using agricultural plants and then storing that carbon in the soil.
Registration is open for the upcoming symposium, scheduled for Feb. 23-25.
Agriculture can lead by example and show that there is room for more than one solution. In fact, we need all solutions. Conventional, urban, and sustainable agriculture all have a place, and we need all of them.
Johnny Dickerson, an arrowhead hunting warhorse with a bootstrap tale and over 4,000 showpiece points, is a classic American individualist with no concern for conformity.
Maximize your cover crop investment this spring.
Dawn Crop Performance expects to save farmers 30% in most cases for crop protection chemistry, fertilizer and surfactants, starting with growers in the Dakotas.
Grassy weeds in sorghum have historically been extremely difficult if not impossible to control in-season.
The dollar rules, but planting decisions are often complex— even when commodities are shining.
Corteva Agriscience is introducing four Pioneer brand sorghum seed varieties containing the new, non-transgenic Inzen trait this season in the High Plains.
When Sesame Street knocked, Casey Cox threw open the door on her Georgia farm and grabbed an opportunity to take U.S. agriculture to a new audience.
Farm Journal’s John Herath and former USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey recently joined Field Work podcast hosts Mitchell Hora and Zach Johnson for the premiere of the pod’s third season.
In 1946 Yara imported its first products into the U.S.—calcium nitrate into a port in California—and the company says its footprint has not only grown but evolved in the 75 years since.
The shine of a new digital product often dulls quickly in the rows, and many farmers believe there is a gap between what is offered in the ag data market and what is needed in the rows.
Here’s a look at what you can learn from the various tests available and why you need to submit samples now.
The first documented case of glufosinate resistance in Palmer amaranth has been recorded in northeast Arkansas.
“Should I use a nitrogen stabilizer?” Simple question, but the answer is complex.
The kind actions of a man-hauling farmer still echo in time. Peter O’Neal once carried a complete stranger a half-mile through the woods to find a forgotten grave.
David and Alice Monk possess a priceless American tale in the heartland based on God, family, and farm—and in that order.
Farmers Nathan Neameyer and Paul Overby, along with researcher Mike Ostlie, are intercropping innovators intent on finding crop combinations that translate to a whole greater than component parts.
Beck’s Hybrids is the third-largest seed brand in the United States, providing high-yielding corn, soybeans, wheat, and elite alfalfa to farmers across the Midwest.
A travel ban on South African guest workers, as currently set in place by executive order, could be devastating for U.S. farming operations.
Legendary. In the annals of survival history, Todd Orr’s account is incredible and magnified by a deuce: He skirted death in two separate grizzly bear attacks separated by mere minutes.
Whether seed, fiber or cannabidiol (CBD), hemp growers share a colossal commonality: They are all learning on the go.