NOAA shows mild to moderate algal bloom for Lake Erie in 2025
Ohio Farm Bureau’s director of water quality and research says heavy rainfall this spring is impacting phosphorus levels into Lake Erie in 2025. Jordan Hoewischer tells Brownfield the lake is […]
No changes for planted acres for a pair of WCB farmers
Some Great Plains farmers didn’t change course on planted acres this year for varying reasons. Northeast Nebraska farmer Quentin Connealy says it can be hard to grow a soybean crop […]
Impressive Illinois wheat harvest
A southeastern Illinois farmer says an impressive winter wheat harvest is wrapping up in his area. “We finished our wheat, and it was very good. There’s some wheat left, but […]
Weed management in 2025
Cool and wet weather has shifted weed pressure in parts of Indiana this year. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Purdue University Extension weed scientist Tommy Butts explains how […]
Near-seasonal warmth & rainfall still ahead for much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures and rainfall nationwide. Portions of the Ohio Valley and the middle and northern Atlantic States have the […]
Largely favorable, early-July weather covers much of the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, showers have ended, except in the Ohio Valley. In the rain’s wake, mild, sunny weather is promoting a rapid pace of corn and soybean development. Growing […]
Final Wisconsin state budget package renews ag road program
The Wisconsin biennial budget package could be sent to the Governor Wednesday, and if signed, would renew a popular rural road improvement program. Farmer and 49th Assembly District representative Travis […]
Yield efficiency key to profitability
An ag economist with the University of Missouri says a key to profitability in 2025 for many row crop farmers will be protecting yield. Ben Brown says depressed prices and […]
MO corn is tasseling and soybeans getting bigger
A farmer in northeast Missouri says corn is starting to tassel and the soybeans are getting bigger. “This heat and moisture are starting to turn the crops around and they […]
Mixed crops in Missouri Bootheel
Aaron Porter, a farmer in southeast Missouri, says the crops are mixed as July begins. “Some corn looks good and some corn looks stressed, a little yellow,” he says. “Some […]