Production Blog

Here are two free tools that can help sort through management practices to protect crops from various pests.

Every snowflake has a silver lining -- and it just happens to be made from free nitrogen fertilizer.

Have a story to tell about what life on your farm is like? DTN's View From the Cab feature is looking for two farmer volunteers for the 2025 season.

Farmers enter this season without a post-emergence, over-the-top dicamba product registered for weed control in soybeans and cotton. What does it mean for the controversial chemistry? Here are some do's and don'ts.

Those who work outside may remember the soothing attributes of Corn Huskers Lotion and be surprised to learn it is still available after all these years.

Toy bin setups can replicate those from the home farm or represent the storage system you've always dreamed of, and they fit under the Christmas tree.

Glean kernels of knowledge from the National Wheat Yield Contest entries and plan your strategy to enter for 2025.

DTN/Progressive Farmer writers were asked to think back on their year and choose a favorite story they wrote. DTN Senior Crops Editor Pamela Smith selected a View From the Cab segment that talked about farming with Dad.

A free Herbicide Classification chart can help you select herbicides and rotate among effective herbicides to delay the development of herbicide resistance.

Matt Plitt, president and CEO of Valent U.S.A., gave DTN/Progressive Farmer an update on the latest happenings at the company headquartered in San Ramon, California.

Farmers have been advised to rotate their herbicide modes of action to help prevent the proliferation of resistant weeds, but is that the most effective tactic? The scientist-led GROW (Getting Rid of Weeds) network shares the latest research on the topic.

Our weekly feature called View From the Cab offers a more personal look at farming and farm life. Are you willing to volunteer to give your perspective?

In box retail chain stores across several states, decorative cornstalks infected with tar spot, a fungal disease, have been discovered. These decorations could potentially spread the yield-reducing pathogen to new areas.

Every other year, Syngenta hosts its agricultural media summit, which this year was held in Greensboro, North Carolina. Here are some developments the company shared with journalists this year.

Nematodes are a big deal. Observe National Nematode Day by testing your own knowledge about the silent killer and putting it to work in the field.

While it may not be possible to completely eliminate losses at harvest, a few simple adjustments are all it takes to put more grain in the tank and, ultimately, more profit in your pocket.

Crop moisture is topic of the week for DTN's View From the Cab farmers. They also reveal what keeps harvest rolling and what they are listening to as it happens.

Don't let Gibberella ear rot complicate harvest this fall. Scout now to identify fields where issues may arise.

Corn condition was rated 64% good to excellent, and soybean condition was rated 65% good to excellent as of Sunday, Sept. 8. Spring wheat was 85% harvested.

Harvest is in full swing for DTN's View From the Cab farmers in Idaho and Kentucky. This week they give an update and talk current economic views.