A southwest Iowa farmer says he’s concerned about tar spot now that the crop disease has been detected in a nearby county. Ray Gaesser of Adams County tells Brownfield, “We are monitoring it. There was some in Audubon County a couple weeks ago. I haven’t heard of any close by here. All those kind of […]
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The outreach agronomist with the Illinois Soybean Association says farmers are seeing a wide range of variability in this year’s harvest
An agronomist with Beck’s Hybrids says farmers who applied fungicide this year are seeing significantly higher corn yields. “They’re learning
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AgriGold’s agronomy division manager says farmers should keep a close eye on corn moisture and field conditions to protect yields. John
Cash dairy prices were steady except for block cheese and butter Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey remained unchanged
