More From Crops

For the second consecutive season, corn leafhoppers have been detected in the southern reaches of the Midwest. The insect potentially carries with it corn stunt disease.

Average retail prices for six of the eight major fertilizers were higher during the second week of July 2025 compared to last month. However, for the fifth week in a row, no fertilizer saw a significant price move in either direction, which DTN...

The University of Illinois lab responsible for innovations such as short stature corn and super sweet varieties of sweet corn is in jeopardy of closure. A vital soybean seed lab is also on the proposed closure list.

Average retail prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. For the fourth week in a row, no fertilizer prices were considerably higher or lower. DTN designates a significant...

Average retail prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. For the third week in a row, no fertilizer was priced considerably higher or lower. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

It's time to see if you can spot tar spot in cornfields.

The Supreme Court on Monday asked for the U.S. Solicitor General's input on Bayer's Roundup petition regarding whether federal pesticide labeling laws preempt state failure-to-warn claims. The court also denied an Iowa Pork Producers Association...

Consolidation in the seed business continued on Friday as Argentine seed company GDM announced its intent to acquire Indiana-based AgReliant Genetics.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Bayer's petition in a Roundup case that could resolve the issue of federal preemption of state labeling laws.

In what may likely be a first, kochia has been reported in soybean fields in northwest Missouri.

For the second week in a row, average retail prices for all fertilizers saw only slight movement -- mostly to the higher side. However, according to one expert, the fertilizer market is intently watching Iran's response to the U.S. attack on Iran's...

Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher the second week of June 2025 compared to last month. For the first time this spring, no fertilizer saw a significant price move in either direction, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more.

Start scouting for tar spot in corn around the V8 growth stage. Treatment decisions are guided by when the disease appears and how fast it moves in the leaf canopy.

Prices of seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. Just one fertilizer had a sizable price increase compared to a month earlier for the third consecutive week. Urea was 7% higher with an average price of $663 per ton...

While the alleged smuggling of a fungus into the United States by two China nationals raised concerns of a potential agroterrorism plot this week, farmers have been dealing with Fusarium graminearum for decades.

Seven of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. Two fertilizers (urea and UAN28) had a sizable price increase compared to last month for the third consecutive week. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more.

Soybean gall midge, a pest capable of causing significant yield loss, has emerged in at least one Nebraska county. Soybean growers in the region should begin scouting.

A Missouri appeals court upheld a $661 million verdict against Bayer, rejecting all appeals and finding the company showed "reckless disregard" for customer health regarding glyphosate.