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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The USDA is investing $500 million to increase domestic fertilizer production. “We want fertilizer plants built in America,” she says. Ag
A technical field representative with BASF says advancements in seed treatments are bringing farmers additional ways to protect their investment into
Purdue University Extension’s corn agronomist says this week’s extreme heat wave could impact the 2026 corn crop. Dan Quinn says the high temperatures
An ag economist says some typical risk management strategies may not be as effective in the current volatile price environment. Brad
U.S. ethanol production rose to a multi-month high last week, propelled by margins and demand expectations. The U.S. Energy Information Administration
The USDA sent out more farmer surveys for the June acreage report, but Seth Meyer with MU’s Food and Ag Policy
Cash dairy prices were mostly unchanged Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.68. No sales were reported. Forty-pound cheese blocks were unchanged at $1.43. Twenty-one sales were
The president of the National Corn Growers Association says Bayer’s move to seek duties on Chinese glyphosate is frustrating for farmers.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has unanimously decided to uphold anti-dumping tariffs on Mexican tomatoes. Florida Tomato Exchange manager Robert Guenther
