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Special training is necessary to apply some dicamba herbicide formulations next season. For the first time, paraquat also requires special training.

Seasonally slow demand is expected to keep domestic wholesale fertilizer prices lower in the next few months. However, nitrogen demand as a whole is expected to be stronger next spring due to expectations of...

Most major fertilizer prices continue to creep lower, with 10-34-0 the only product to slide higher.

Climate challenges facing farmers and possible solutions to those challenges were highlighted during a forum in Des Moines.

State winners of the National Wheat Foundation's 2019 National Wheat Yield Contest are now available.

Drought is developing in the southern Great Plains and hampering some winter wheat development.

Retail prices of seven major fertilizers tracked by DTN declined this week, with anhydrous and urea leading the way.

There's no one way to pump up soybean yields, so finding a system that works for your farm is critical for profitability.

Five of eight fertilizers tracked by DTN posted lower prices during the first week of November 2019 than they did one month earlier.

Soybean growers use alternative weed control methods in the face of spreading herbicide resistance.

Three contest entries broke the 200-bushel barrier this year; the National Wheat Yield Contest also continues to recognize growers who far exceed county averages.

Slow fertilizer demand due to a late harvest and unfavorable fall application conditions in some areas is keeping a lid on domestic wholesale fertilizer prices this fall.

Iowa farmers find they can increase yield by planting soybeans before corn if conditions are optimal.

Flooding is one of the many ways soybean cyst nematode can spread from field to field.

Deciding the right seeding rate is one of the most influential factors for increasing soybean profitability.

Most fertilizer prices continue their downward trend of the past few months.

It may take extra work to grow and store identity-preserved soybeans, but farmers who do say it's well worth it.

Researchers seek methods to unlock increased soybean yield potential of 50 to 55 bushels per acre.

November greeted farmers with rain, snow, harvest delays and a growing fall to-do list.

Growers need to manage cover crops, weeds, soil fertility and field repairs on those record prevented planted acres.

More weather extremes and warmer average temperatures have been a boon to certain insects and diseases of agricultural row crops.

Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers tracked by DTN declined compared to last month, except UAN32, which increased in price. It's the first increase in two months.

There are good reasons to hold off on anhydrous ammonia applications until soil temperatures are 50 degrees and trending down.

Retail fertilizer prices continue to trend downward, led by DAP's $15-per-ton decline compared to last month.

Winter annual weed seed is plentiful this fall, after a wet spring delayed spring and summer herbicide applications.