Crop breeding for higher yields may be unintentionally reducing the beneficial microorganisms that help plants absorb ...

Seeding rates that are too high can waste input dollars and stress plants under dry or nutrient-limited conditions. Rates ...

In addition, the U.S. soybean crop is expected to be quite robust as well, less than five percent below the 4.46 billion bushel record production level recorded in 2021. Even the U.S. wheat crop was ...

The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts corn production will be up nearly 13 percent from a year ...

“We used to be basically a hog farm with grain crops,” Chad says. “Then in the late ’90s/early 2000s, we got out of hogs, and ...

As corn and soybean farmers prepare for tight margins next year, here are tips to make scouting efforts as valuable as ...

U.S. farmers this summer have received the best weather for growing crops in recent memory. But despite a record-sized crop coming, many in the Corn Belt barely expect to turn a profit this year. Corn ...

Corn and soybeans may not often appear directly on your dinner plate, but they’re behind much of what does. From feeding the livestock that produce our eggs, meat and dairy to fueling global trade and ...

Cornfield in Iowa County, Iowa   Buy Photo I'm a corn and soybean farmer. I'm also a first-generation farmer who built my ...

A panel of farmers discussed their experiences with cover crops and soil health at HPJ Live in Wichita, Kansas, this past ...