News
Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Farmers Business Network is launching its own brand of seed and model for seed development and direct-to-farm distribution.
Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would renew the label for over-the-top use of dicamba in soybeans and cotton through 2020.
Some estimate that adding E15 to the nation’s fuel supply would chew through an extra 2 billion bushels of corn but it may take 15 years to see that impact.
While no-till provides many benefits to the soil, the risk of yield loss and disease carry-over means some farmers shy away from the practice.
In the next few decades, industry experts from Syngenta expect many changes to take place and for the average farm operation to look different than it does today.
Quirky test shows farmers the amount of microbial activity in their fields
The monster of a weed defies odds, but it isn’t running rampant yet
Tariffs on soybeans could mean more producers will be switching to corn next year.
Penny pinching could be the difference between making, or losing, money next season.
Constructed wetlands are used to remove excess phosphorus from water before discharging into the Everglades. These are called stormwater treatment areas.
Jules Pretty will discuss sustainable intensification of agriculture systems and how it offers synergistic opportunities for the co-production of agricultural outcomes, at the Agronomy and Crop Societies annual meeting.
John Phipps says the recent pattern of coping with crop reports resembles the famous Kubler Ross Stages of Grieving. Beginning with denial, we work our way through anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance.
University of Illinois (U of I) recently released crop budgets for three regions in Illinois based on historical returns and costs to discover dismal profit forecasts for the 2019 season.
John Piotti of American Farmland Trust has dedicated his career to preserving rural farms and the local economies they support in the Northeast, and now he’s taking his message to the rest of the United States.
Being able to variable-rate plant corn by management zone has delivered a 15% reduction in annual seed corn costs.
From pet owners to hip-hop lovers, a diverse mix of people choose organic
This spring, you’ll likely need to cope with ruts and wheel tracks and determine what kind of tillage, if any, is needed to work soil back into shape. It all depends on where, how deep and how many ruts there are.
BASF and its licensee partners are rolling out LL-GT27 soybean trait in a variety of maturities and varieties this year across the U.S.
Industry investment and scientific breakthroughs could help close the yield gap
Sulfur is essential to high corn yields.
Here are 10 tips to efficient nitrogen use.
Iowa estimates put flooding damages at $2 billion dollars while mental health professionals worry about the health of farmers and ranchers impacted by the storm.
AgDay national reporter heads to North Bend, Nebraska. She talks with Greg Beebe, a livestock producer from the area.
The farmer’s share of the food dollar falls to its lowest point since USDA began keeping track back in 1993.
There’s a lot of hype over hemp, but is it a viable option for row crop farmers looking for a more profitable option? John Phipps answers a viewer’s question in Customer Support.
While commodity prices stay in the dumps, input costs haven’t taken the same nosedive.