An agronomist is sounding the alarm as environmental conditions favor a foliar disease in corn. Ron Geis with Corteva Agriscience says gray leaf spot thrives in warm, humid, and wet weather. “The inoculum is here, it overwinters. So it’s already in the fields. It just needs that 11, 12 hours of leaf wetness before it […]
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Purdue Extension’s corn specialist says this week’s expected triple digit temperatures could accelerate crop maturity. Dan Quinn says it could speed
An ag economist says he’s not ruling out the possibility of $6 corn as harvest gets underway. Ben Brown with University
Cash dairy prices were mostly down Tuesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.0025 to $0.74. Fives sales were reported ranging from
An Iowa State University Extension agronomist says the state’s first case of red crown rot infection has been confirmed. Rebecca Vittetoe
A Nebraska farmer says USDA’s push to modernize its data collection could make producer surveys faster and easier to complete. South-central
The corn product manager at Peterson Farms Seed says the yield potential of the corn in South Dakota and Minnesota varies
Corn harvest is underway in Kentucky and across the Delta, and two farmers tell Brownfield it’s a decent crop. In central
AGI is talking to farmers about harvest preparation and innovation at the 2026 Farm Progress Show near Boone, Iowa. Brownfield’s Cyndi
A mid-year survey of Illinois land professionals revealed a few surprising results. During a recent FarmDoc webinar, Luke Worrell, with the
