Crops
Crackle, whine, beep, and buzz, Andy Thaxton metal detects farmland, hunting coins, keys, bullets, bells—and one more holy grail.
Jim Rothermich of Iowa Appraisals shares what he expects from land values in the year ahead.
ICIS senior fertilizer editor Mark Milam shares that while the fertilizer market appears to be in good shape at the moment, there are a couple of important trends moving forward this spring.
Ag economists have little doubt Brazil will remain the world’s top exporter of soybeans, but with potential safrinha corn production problems, economists aren’t confident Brazil can hang on to the top spot in corn.
Herbicide-resistant weeds are a significant threat to soybean, cotton and corn yield potential — and the future of crop production.
Many growers have had success with Enlist E3® soybeans and Enlist® herbicides, and now, growers can include Enlist® corn in their crop rotations.
With many growers seeing strong yields in 2023, the pressure to perform in 2024 is top of mind.
Get the most value from your fertilizer application by balancing your soil’s nutrition
At Corteva Agriscience, it is our top priority to ensure our products provide proven, reliable returns on farmers’ investments.
Midwestern farmer Marcia Ruff, 2023 Top Producer Women In Ag Award winner, splits her time between the classroom and the family farm — setting an example for others to lead from where they are.
You break, you pay. Fighting to save his farmland, Marvin Houin proved the government destroyed his yields.
While you can’t make Mother Nature send rain, you can review crop-rotation restrictions on chemistries you applied last year. Knowing that information can guide what crop you plant where this spring.
USDA weekly export sales released this week showed soybean exports fell 28% from the previous week. The story isn’t as dreary for corn, as corn exports have made a bit of a comeback from last year.
Layering federal and private conservation programs has potential to add extra cash to your bottom line.
Could new incentives be the tipping point to adoption?
This month’s Rural Mainstreet Index marks the fifth-straight month where the index has been below the growth neutral mark.
Myron Stine says Stine Seed is celebrating its 45-year history with a keen eye on the future.
Wendy Mosher, CEO at New West Genetics and vice president of Hemp Feed Coalition, says this is something that has been in the works for at least four years
The survey uses records from ag retailers to measure the use of cover crops, nutrient management and conservation tillage and no-till by Iowa growers.
David Heublein won the conventional, non-irrigated category of the 2023 NCGA yield contest for the state. The amazing yield was grown with only one-third of the total rainfall his fields usually get in a growing season.
“These microbes are naturally occurring. They are on every plant that you would ever see, on the salad you eat, on the grass that you grow, on the trees that you look at, and everything in between,” Smith says.
Farmers know that a well-designed farm shop is essential to the success of their operation. Having an efficient building takes the right planning and design.
What caused the price pressure again this week? Naomi Blohm of Total Farm Marketing by Stewart-Peterson and John Payne of hEDGEpoint Global join U.S. Farm Report to discuss what the market is watching.
Joanna Carraway is the 2013 winner of the Tomorrow’s Top Producer Horizon Award.
Once you balance fertility and pH in the soil profile, and adjust to making small, more frequent lime applications, you probably won’t need to mix fertilizer into the soil, says Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal field agronomist.
Johnnie Roberts, CPDA director of application – adjuvant chemistry, shares a solution to many of the common issues spray drone applicators face.
The Internet video series “The Edge of Farming” follows growers using Challenger tractors in tough conditions.
With an enterprise mindset, MKC walks with its farmer-customers.
With larger-than-expected yield revisions to both corn and soybeans, it leaves one burning question: which states grew such big yields in 2023? USDA NASS released maps and charts to help answer that.
USDA’s final look at crop production for 2023 caught the commodity markets by surprise. The agency increased the final yield estimates for both corn and soybeans, and as a result, prices plummeted on Friday.