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So, you planted late? Watch out for diseases
Late-planted corn and soybeans could be vulnerable to higher-than-normal levels of crop diseases this year, experts from The Ohio State University warn.
Choosing hybrids? It pays to be picky
COLUMBUS – Corn yield potential has increased as much as 2.5 percent per year over the past half-century because of genetic improvements in hybrids.
No quick start to farmer planting
Marlin Clark explains how the markets responded after the USDA Crop Progress report revealed that not much corn and soybeans have been planted yet.
Marlin: Spring markets looking for news
With spring comes the traditional spring factors to influence grain prices. How many acres of corn and soybeans will we plant? What is our spring weather?
Expert offers pointers on rootworm
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Corn producers have a lot to consider when it comes to rootworm management, said Randy Higgins, field crop entomology specialist with
Market is pushing planting decisions
URBANA, Ill. – Wheat, corn, and soybean prices, which have moved higher since mid-September, have implications for the production plans of farmers and perhaps for farm policy.
New survey gives insight into cover crop use
During the 2012 drought, corn and soybean yields improved following cover crops, according to a recently released report with detailed results from a farmer survey on cover crops.
Armyworms setting camp in fields
Common armyworms, which can defoliate crop fields very rapidly, are tough to predict. The pest is starting to turn up in Midwest corn and wheat fields in large numbers.
Estimates on farm production losses due to drought and Katrina
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns released a preliminary assessment of U.S. agricultural production losses in the Mid-South due to hurricane Katrina and drought in the Eastern Corn Belt.
Organic is a sustainability winner
BELTSVILLE, Md. – An organic crop rotation is at least as sustainable as no-till farming or chisel tillage in terms of nitrogen loss and corn yields, according to an Agricultural Research Service study.
