Production Blog

There are lots of safety tools available today, but we are still losing too many farmers.

Officials are still digging into the origins of seeds that arrived in mailboxes this summer.

Is your corn all grown up? Look for the black layer to know when physiological maturity happens.

Learning about new crops is only one benefit of our weekly View From the Cab segments. Sometimes the highlight of the week is simply dissolving into a fit of the giggles.

Will we see record crops this year after all the uncertainty? Let me see your yield monitor.

Some simple formulas can help determine how corn and soybean yields are stacking up this year.

Surprise packages in the mailbox aren't necessarily welcome, and this week many received envelopes containing unidentified seeds. Recipients are being asked not to plant or discard and report to proper authorities.

This pandemic has eliminated many things and introduced a whole bunch of uncomfortable encounters.

The same plaintiffs that brought the recent dicamba case to the Ninth Circuit are behind a similar lawsuit targeting EPA’s registration of Enlist Duo.

A timely reminder that not all worst-case scenarios pan out, as this ag reporter once discovered.

Robots in the field cause our editor to reflect on whether you can hold back technology.

A common scene is all it takes to remind us of how much we need others, especially on Mother's Day.

Every day should be Earth Day and might be if we all make a commitment to take care of our surroundings.

Life in the time of a pandemic can strain relationships, but it is important to not let it cloud what is really important.

Follow my advice on working from home and it might just get you, well, some sanity.

Here are some tips to lift your spirits up during this new reality of staying home more than usual.

Current events may challenge us, but there's hope in the creative actions of those around us.

Making sacrifices in the age of coronavirus concerns brings some of us back to the table of our youth. What are you willing to give up?

It's a bad day when even the dog is down, but here are some thoughts on how to carry on and make the best of the next few weeks.

Our series explores the good, the bad and the interesting crop invaders.