Penn State researchers discover flavonoids make corn earworm larvae sick. New herbicides and a bioinsecticide show promise.

Mike Pearson talks with Lexi Rush, who recently retired from her position as State Sentinel at the Tennessee FFA.

Do you plan to fail in marketing your old- and new-crop corn and soybeans? There’s an old adage that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” So what is your marketing plan, and could you write it down ...

Trump’s trade war may have crushed global commodity prices, but it’s good news for one of Brazil’s largest ports, which is seeing an uptick in export volumes. Porto do Açu in Rio de Janeiro state, the ...

If Dennis Todey could lay out the weather forecast for 2024 with 100% accuracy, you wouldn’t be reading it here for free. No one can do that, at least not yet. What skilled climatologists can do is ...

Despite running cotton pickers in the mud, Doug Scott says 2020 turned out a decent harvest for his cotton crop outside of Sikeston, Mo. “First off, no one wants to hear you complain about it,” Scott ...

Selecting a disease-resistant soybean variety to plant in the right field is a critical first step to maximizing yield potential. There are many good-performing soybean varieties available for ...

In 1937, there was something big happening in the seed corn business. H. Chris Hoegemeyer and his son Leonard C., at Hooper, Neb., were among many farmers just beginning to toy with producing hybrid ...

Colby Tucker of Hopkins FFA, Madelyn Ruster of Coopersville FFA, Grace Torsch of Montague FFA and Sterling Tomac of Chesaning FFA were recently named Michigan’s 2025 Star awardees. The awards are ...

When Nebraska Extension engineer Paul Jasa talks about planters, no-till and cover crops, people listen. Jasa has a wealth of knowledge, attained through research over the past four decades, that he ...

The formula for profit on corn or soybeans sounds simple: Yield times price minus cost. But plans made in winter and reality at harvest can result in something completely different. All three ...

Support for wheat prices in September stemmed from strong global demand, weather imperfections around the world, continued conflict in the Black Sea Region, and fund traders exiting (buying back) a ...