Production Blog

The 2019 production year is starting to look a lot like the last three with a few more twists and turns.

All state regulators wanted for Christmas were some straight answers on the new dicamba labels. EPA did not deliver.

The View From the Cab series opens doors to everyday life during a farming season -- the good, the bad and sometimes the messy.

Trick or treat, EPA finally issues rules on dicamba herbicides and there's still a lot of spooky uncertainty.

There is a permanence and poetry to the land that feeds the soul when we stop and take time to listen.

Dicamba and mites and other things can cause us to build big fences. Can we find landscape solutions to our problems?

A survey of Illinois custom applicators shows a need for dicamba technology, but also a need for better-defined language on labels.

Those funky fingers called brace roots are being called into question. Do they really help stabilize the corn plant or are they a burden?

Summer field days give a first-hand look at what the soil health movement is about.

The cereal of my youth came straight from the combine. Here's the recipe for that jaw-strengthening breakfast of champions.

A new release from the University of Missouri indicates that dicamba injury is showing up.

We found some surprising and some not-so-surprising threats while scouting soybeans stands this week.

The first fireflies of the year always generate excitement. For farmers it is brilliant reminder that the time is now to scout for crop pests.

The spray season is upon us and so is the need to do everything possible to spray all pesticides with care and precision.

Can you find a few buzzy phrases to get your point across? It makes spreading your agricultural message a tad sweeter.

Regulations vary from state to state and are subject to change -- as we saw in several states this week.

It's time to do your diligence on dicamba. Spray applicators using the new low volatility formulations will be under a microscope this season.

Can you smell the rain? Well ... yes, it turns out you can.

Tell your farm's story and hopefully gain some perspective, too, by applying to be a View From the Cab participant.

Each year since 2005, we have featured farmers throughout the growing season in our View From the Cab series. We are recruiting for 2018.