It was another summer of battling corn leaf aphids for many Midwestern farmers. University of Illinois entomologist, Nick Seiter, says it was the third straight year that the insects, which migrate into the region on southern storm fronts, have caused pollination issues. “The period where they’re really reproducing very rapidly is in kind of the […]
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An extension corn agronomist says moisture will influence the start of harvest for many growers. Jeff Coulter with the University of
Many farmers are thinking through grain marketing strategies while preparing for harvest. Mark Jackson grows corn and soybeans in southeast Iowa.
A member of the Senate Ag Committee says reallocating the volume of small refining exemptions into future blending quotas over the
Brownfield Ag News is celebrating a significant milestone as its popular Weekly Livestock Market Update program reaches its 500th episode. Since
An ag economist at the University of Illinois says double-cropping soybeans with wheat has the greatest profit potential for farmers in
Iowa farmer Dan Keitzer is the new first vice president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association, and says finding new uses
ADM is helping farmers connect with local grain markets through its Producer Direct program. ADM’s Brooke Achenbach tells Brownfield the goal
A rice farmer in the Missouri Bootheel is wrapping up harvest and says he doesn’t have much of his crop marketed.
A ribbon cutting happened this week for the $1.8 million newly expanded Swine Education and Research Facility at South Dakota State
