Crops
Purdue University College of Agriculture developed a website with information they say will provide clarity into these organisms.
A Facebook photo shared by U.S. Farm Report shows a big difference between Trey Kimbrell and other kids his age. While they might be playing video games, Trey spends his days driving combine and grain cart, soaking it all in before school starts.
Just in time for Thanksgiving, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency boosted soybean futures Wednesday by raising 2017 biofuel mandates to record levels.
NCGA President Wesley Spurlock shares his family’s story and what it means to be lead the organization.
The farm community is buzzing with farmers’ new-found ability to see what their neighbors pay for the same bag of seed, thanks to new products released by Farmers Business Network and Granular. Many farmers are fueling their seed decisions based on this new information.
Building on human health risk claims found in the Notice of Data Availability (NODA) pre-publication, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving toward revoking all food tolerances for the insecticide chlorpyrifos.
South Dakota’s soybean crop expected to be record-size
Harvest is coming to an end, and farmers will be looking at their nutrient programs to get better crops and higher yields in 2017.
Claiming the class action lawsuit over its Viptura brand is built on “fundamental errors,” Syngenta filed an appeal of a federal judge’s ruling allowing the class-action litigation to proceed.
The Hoosier state has 87 percent of corn and 91 percent of soybeans out of the ground, but this year didn’t come without its weather extremes.
USDA will release its latest supply and demand report Wednesday, and markets are getting ready for adjustment from yield expectations.
Even with less from China, world supplies will be biggest ever.
Ethanol plant near Mitchell to celebrate decade of operation
With the USDA predicting an average corn yield of 173.4 bpa and 51.4 bpa for soybeans this fall, some farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota are wishing they have more bin spacing.
Closing market commentary from Pro Farmer Editors.
Eastern Iowa is well into harvest but some pockets are waiting for fields to dry and high water to go down after torrential rains hit the upper Midwest two weeks ago.
One of the more intriguing age-old farming myths is that on a quiet moonlit night, you could go out to your cornfield and hear the crop literally growing. Turns out that’s not true – at least not exactly.
Corn and soybean prices reached their height in 2012 but have since plunged, resulting in a 42 percent drop in farm income.
Farmers say herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing problem, costing time, money and management.
Crop experts say the recent heat and humidity that has hit Illinois is ideal for the state’s soybean and corn crops.
Tornadoes and high winds swept through Indiana on Wednesday, damaging buildings and crops.
There’s little argument that Indiana corn farmers have been in a bit of a slump. The Hoosier State saw corn yields clock in at 150 bu. per acre in 2015, with the three-year average slightly above that at 155 bu. per acre. But is the state capable of higher yields in 2016?
Investing in a small motor can tell you a lot about problems on your planter ahead of planting season, says Bill Bauer, B&M Crop Consulting.
Malawi is so desperate for food to stave off a hunger crisis that the government may buy a type of corn that the country mainly uses as livestock feed.
There’s a dearth of corn needed to feed all of the hungry chickens in Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of the meat.
The flow of nitrates from farm fertilizer and treated wastewater into the Illinois River that contributes to a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico has fallen, a new study says. Researchers believe one likely factor, the use of newer, more robust varieties of corn, could make the drop a long-lasting one.
Hail across many pockets of the Midwest means some farmers face tough replant and crop insurance decisions.