Corn
Formerly merged into Channel Bio Corp (owned by Monsanto) Midwest Seed Genetics will be relaunched in the Corn Belt for the 2017/2018 season. Founder Don Funk says this comes at a time that farmers are asking for more options.
One of the contributing factors to our alfalfa stand losses is a root rot called Aphanomyces race 2. The prolonged wet conditions allowed this root disease to finish off already-weakened alfalfa crowns.
Recent cooler temperatures and gray skies in Amarillo, Texas are predicted to remain through the rest of the week, and most likely into the weekend, with a light breeze and at least a 40 to 60 percent chance of rain each day.
Europe has some similarities and differences when it comes to row crop farming compared to the U.S.
Four Nebraska farmers are demanding compensation from the state because it diverted irrigation water away from their crops to comply with the Republican River Compact.
Corn output in China may drop for the first time in five years because of drought in the North China Plain, the country’s second-biggest producing region.
While it’s still too early to say, some analysts expect hay growers who converted marginal stands into cornfields over the past few years to shift back into alfalfa.
Take a virtual crop tour across farm country, without leaving your chair.
USDA progress ratings for corn, cotton, wheat, rice, soybeans, pasture and sorghum for the week ending May 13.
Read details about the major crops intended to be planted this year.