Unspoken Truths
Resistance and continuous corn are boosting populations of this yield-robbing pest.
Stink bugs are best known for their stench when squashed. However, the insect is gaining more notoriety in the Midwest for another reason — their love of soybeans.
Learn how to prevent your fields from becoming a wildlife food plot.
Sneaky and quiet, stalk rots can take a big bite out of corn yields.
These pests have colossal appetites but don’t tend to pack an economic punch.
No-till and cover crops provide safety and habitat for a common field pest known as the vole. Farmers are trying some simple, natural solutions to fight back before resorting to tillage.
Understand the conditions that make this disease endanger yield.
Extreme drought conditions have plagued the West, northern Plains and parts of the Midwest this growing season, which is the ideal environment for the jumping insect.