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The skies opened up in Kansas this weekend, bringing rain to crops that needed it. It also brought challenges.
Warm, dry conditions helped Iowa farmers get seed in the ground in mid-May. Little or no precipitation and warm temperatures ...
The early morning farm news, texts with commodity prices, alerts about impending weather and, of course, conversations at the ...
Oats planting is nearly complete at 88%, with 84% emerged and 1% headed. First cuttings of alfalfa (12%) and other hay (9%) ...
Feral hogs are a persistent and costly threat to U.S. crop and livestock production, inflicting over $1.6 billion in damages annually, including considerable labor costs.
How can you know whether your corn crop has strong yield potential? It doesn't have to be a mystery, say David Hula and Randy Dowdy in their latest podcast, Breaking Barriers with R&D. Their practical ...
Farmers use herbicides like Roundup to kill weeds, preventing them from destroying crops. But in recent years, Bayer, which ...
USDA’s Crop Progress report won’t be out until 4pm Tuesday afternoon, delayed one day because of the Memorial Day holiday.
Shawn Peebles found himself dead broke. He was farming 7,000 acres in Augusta, Arkansas, growing soybeans, rice, and corn ...
A farmer's fight is on many fields. From the elements, to 15 hour days during planting season, to the costs to do business. This year, they're having to add tariffs into the equation.
The outreach agronomist with the Illinois Soybean Association says farmers should be on the lookout for cutworms. Stephanie ...
Learn to identify tar spot, red crown rot at July 10 event COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension state specialists ...