Production Blog

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.

The registration for low-volatility dicamba products expires this year. What happens next is the question.

Corn growers need lots of tools to get the job done, but this one helps negotiate the Bt trait maze.

Questions continue to swirl around the topic of dicamba and how to reduce injury incidence in 2018.

To soothe an increasingly skeptical public, Bayer is opening its doors on information that was once confidential.

When answers aren't always available, perhaps it's better to ask yourself questions?

Saying goodbye to an old friend is hard especially when you depend on him to be rock steady positive.