University of Missouri economist Ben Brown advises having a clear exit strategy to avoid holding onto the crop, whether on paper or in storage. Brown, who is also affiliated with the Food and ...

An extension field crop pathologist at Purdue University says farmers should be on the lookout for early tar spot development to prevent long-term damage. Darcy Telenko says tar spot has now been ...

An extension plant pathologist is encouraging growers to scout their fields for early tar spot development. Tamra Jackson-Ziems with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says farmers shouldn’t panic if ...

A dairy farmer in southern Missouri says lower grain prices make a difference in the bottom line of his family’s dairy business. “Right now, grain is fairly ok, but in some years, grain is the same ...

Ethanol production backed off a little bit last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.109 million barrels per day, 11,000 lower than the previous week’s all-time ...

Missouri Bootheel farmer Jason Bean says the crops could use a break from the consistent rains. “I’m 54-years-old and I’ve never seen a spring like this and it won’t quit. It just keeps on raining.” ...

Tar spot has been confirmed in a central Iowa corn field. Iowa State University Extension plant pathologist Dr. Alison Robertson says the detection in Poweshiek County is not surprising because the ...

The vice president of fertilizer with Stone X Group says increasing tensions in the Middle East are impacting global nitrogen prices. Josh Linville says the escalating Israel – Iran conflict has sent ...

A central Illinois specialty crop grower says the 2025 growing season has been less than ideal. “It’s been too cold and windy.” Dale Hodgson, who grows a variety of produce on 150 irrigated acres in ...

A plant pathologist with the University of Missouri Extension says tar spot has been confirmed in northwest Missouri. “Now that the fungus is here to stay, it’s always going to be a question of are ...

Red meat production last month was impacted by slower slaughter rates. The USDA says commercial red meat production during May was 4.376 billion pounds, a decrease of 5% on the year, with beef down 9% ...

A southeast Minnesota farmer’s weed control program is on track. Ryan Buck grows corn and soybeans near Goodhue. “We put a pre-emerge down on everything early on before we planted, and then came back ...