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Wheat fields have suffered considerably from the abundant precipitation.
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Noticing pale green and yellow leaves in your soybean fields? Here’s why.
The earlier wheat harvest in Illinois, along with good soil moisture, has some growers thinking about trying double-crop soybeans farther north than usual.
With only a few exceptions, flood soaked grain is not usable for feed or food.
Here’s a look at the top pathogens, pests and weeds affecting soybean production.
Flood damage to winter wheat is starting to show up in parts of the Midwest, and in some cases sections of, or entire fields are likely to perish.
When hail damage occurs early in the season, yield loss many not directly be as detrimental as you first think.
One “rural legend” is that when planting corn-on-corn, the big hit on yield is reduced in the second year and then goes away. Not true, says a plant physiologist.
The damage left by above-average rainfall is now showing up in wheat fields.
The abnormally wet spring in the Eastern Corn Belt has not only hampered planting, but it also has prevented timely weed burndown applications.
Here’s a spreadsheet to help farmers evaluate the decision to accept a prevented planting payment or plant corn after the crop insurance deadline.
With wheat harvest a few weeks away, here is some advice for farmers that will double-crop soybeans.
About half of Kansas—the nation’s top producer of winter wheat—is now suffering from severe or extreme drought, up from less than 20% two weeks earlier
A cooler and wetter summer should aid corn development and yields.
The estimates are in and a much smaller winter wheat crop is expected.
Until soil conditions are right, don’t throw your expensive corn seed into the mud.
Hiring a spray plane for late-season fungicide or insecticide applications reduces the workload on farmers but comes with additional responsibilities.
As the weeks continue to rush by, corn yield potential continues to fall.
Much of soybean yield is based on environmental conditions, but there are things you can do to help maximize your yield when those conditions are right.
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