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Increased soil carbon fuels higher crop returns with more nutrients retained and recycled.

As floods, rain and chilly soils have kept many farmers out of the field, anxiety over planting is starting to rise among some farmers.

DTN data show most retail fertilizer prices are lower for the fourth week of March.

Check bag tags, consider re-testing germination at planting time and pick fungicide seed treatments carefully.

A long-term approach to soil stewardship deals financial stability for this multigeneration farm.

Delayed planting due to a wet spring is expected to keep domestic wholesale prices for ammonia and potash from rising in the short term. Meanwhile, wholesale prices for urea and phosphates could begin to rise once spring applications begin to pick up.

Distance between the injection site and the corn seed matters more than time between application and planting.

Average retail prices for half of the major fertilizers tracked by DTN were slightly lower the third week of March 2019, while prices for the other half were slightly lower.

The news that EPA may limit state pesticide restrictions has alarmed state regulators, particularly those dealing with widespread dicamba injury each spring and summer.

Monsanto, now Bayer, estimates that XtendFlex corn could someday penetrate up to 89% of U.S. corn acreage.

For this soil-health advocate, cover crops and no-till are beautiful -- and profitable.

Five of the eight major fertilizers' prices during the second week of March were lower compared to last month. Once again, the moves lower were fairly minor.

Are any of your wheat fields growing a winning crop this year? The wheat contest is accepting winter wheat entries until May 15 and spring wheat entries until Aug. 1.

Arkansas farmer ups water conservation and soil saving to cut costs and boost yields.

Many wheat fields in northern and western Kansas are still dormant, and Oklahoma wheat fields are only now starting to green up and grow.

Young farmer Brian Martin doesn't believe he has to settle for the soils his family has farmed for three generations.

Average retail prices for five of the fertilizers DTN tracks were slightly lower than last month, while two were slightly higher.

"We will see it this year -- it's just a matter of how heavy the disease pressure will be," one agronomist cautions.

To make big soil improvements, these brothers had to think small.

Proper cover crop management requires year-round planning. Here's how to start the process.

With a delayed spring application season looking more likely, domestic wholesale prices for ammonia, phosphate and UAN are expected to be slightly lower in the short term. Meanwhile, wholesale urea and potash prices are expected to be steady in the...

From no-till pioneer to modern-day high-tech, this family incorporates new ideas to build soil health and a strong farming future.

The quirks of herbicide label language means spraying some glyphosate herbicides on LL GT27 could technically be illegal in 2019.

Some state pesticide officials expect a third year of dicamba injury complaints, despite label changes from EPA.

For the first time in several months, average retail fertilizer prices appear to be softening. Prices for four of the eight major fertilizers were slightly lower the fourth week of February 2019.